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Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 14 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
19.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 10PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)--
Afternoon (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (14 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.2
S
0.8
E
1.3
ENE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)13131312121212111188887131986676677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1381061009251504846432942401817412972134845641211414
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
WNW
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
SE
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
0
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
1.38
3:35PM
1.29
4:02AM
1.40
4:24PM
1.31
4:51AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.35
9:31AM
0.36
9:44PM
0.33
10:20AM
0.33
10:33PM
0.29
11:09AM
0.29
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset-7:34-------7:32-------7:30------
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C171615131211151818161312121420242420161513121619
Feels °C (?)151414121110151616141210111318232320151312111618
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