Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 01 Dec 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
19.5° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 10PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)--
Afternoon (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (01 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.7
ENE
0.4
E
0.6
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)11101010101010101010999999995999813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1462147573727249691224427276042412660262225591428183
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NW
5
N
0
NNW
10
S
5
W
5
WNW
0
E
0
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
WSW
10
NNE
10
WNW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
1.49
3:35PM
1.53
4:10AM
1.57
4:34PM
1.57
5:07AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
0.15
9:24AM
0.18
9:53PM
0.10
10:23AM
0.13
10:49PM
0.05
11:24AM
0.08
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset-8:21-------8:22-------8:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
heavy rain
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1--1-221111-12--
Temp. °C252317141315222526221717161617171817161513111417
Feels °C (?)242115121114222426221818171817181918151496913
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