Waipatiki Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.30° S 176.98° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 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 18.1° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 4PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Evening (17 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s

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

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	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	!	!	1	2	1	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	94	154	319	182	397	321	106	93	156	406	829	782	606	592	737	1312	422	388	347	300	256	226	183	183
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	NE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NW	NNW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:27PM 1.39				4:57AM 1.39				5:14PM 1.38				5:41AM 1.41				5:59PM 1.37				6:25AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		10:18AM 0.31				10:42PM 0.26				11:07AM 0.32				11:27PM 0.27				11:54AM 0.31				12:11AM 0.27

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	20	22	17	14	14	16	21	25	24	22	19	17	17	17	19	20	23	23	20	19	17	20
Feels °C (?)	16	18	17	21	16	13	13	15	19	24	22	22	19	18	18	18	21	22	23	23	20	19	17	19

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