Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Waipatiki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipatiki sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 2AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (09 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

Table - waves today at Waipatiki. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
!
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)7566767610444555556666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48232083173018171817181927293123391301796046342526
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
E
15
E
5
NE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
1.44
12:16PM
1.43
12:43AM
1.41
1:03PM
1.38
1:30AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.25
6:34PM
0.25
6:58AM
0.30
7:18PM
0.29
7:45AM
0.34
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:31-------6:33--
Sunset-8:21-------8:20-------8:19------
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--111----------1-1------
Temp. °C201817171717182119201918171720222221191817162022
Feels °C (?)181717181818192018191919181821212122201918172121
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