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Waipatiki surf Forecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 20 Apr 2024 NZST
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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 17.8°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 17.1 °C max: 18.1 °C min: 15.9 °C)
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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 17.8°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 17.1 °C max: 18.1 °C min: 15.9 °C)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 7AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. Light offshore wind and increasing high cloud with clean waves around shoulder to head-high in the middle of the bay at high tide. Mostly breaking too straight but now and then a good shoulder to be had alongside a rip.

    Opoutama Beach, 81 km away
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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.2
SSE
0.9
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)101015141312944555545555555556619191818171714131212111110101099917176677899910101010101110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)77404014127712271617181317131399101167431819286911310610155211715141211111098886631781072821672321691731511209268808377
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
W
5
WSW
0
ENE
0
N
5
WNW
0
NW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NNW
0
SSE
0
SE
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
E
5
E
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
ononglassglasscross-
off
offglassglassglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassoffglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
1.38
3:15PM
1.30
3:35AM
1.37
4:02PM
1.32
4:21AM
1.38
4:48PM
1.35
5:06AM
1.38
5:32PM
1.38
5:51AM
1.39
6:16PM
1.42
6:35AM
1.40
6:59PM
1.45
7:19AM
1.40
7:41PM
1.47
8:01AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.32
9:20PM
0.34
9:52AM
0.31
10:09PM
0.33
10:38AM
0.30
10:57PM
0.32
11:22AM
0.28
11:45PM
0.30
12:07PM
0.27
12:32AM
0.28
12:50PM
0.26
1:17AM
0.27
1:33PM
0.26
2:02AM
0.26
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52-
Sunset----5:35-------5:34-------5:32-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29-------5:27-------
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Rain (mm)
----258311-11--------------------------------------612-----14
Temp. °C1213131312121213131314141515141412101217161412111091218201512999131819151312119131920161617151515141414131312111212
Feels °C (?)101212131212121312121313141414141291115131311109711171914966611161713111097121716131414131314141514131211101111

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