Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 7PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
!
0
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)1011111110101012111111111010101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33758957250533529230264458146038735332025520920516613212011566656565
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
S
15
SE
10
SE
0
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
0
SW
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24PM
1.51
7:49AM
1.59
8:14PM
1.51
8:38AM
1.56
9:03PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.12
1:38AM
0.12
2:10PM
0.12
2:29AM
0.13
2:58PM
0.13
3:18AM
0.16
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:58--------
Sunset---7:50-------7:47-------7:46----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131617151312111014181817141312111721211916151413
Feels °C (?)9131413131110913161616141211101719192015141312
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