Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 7AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)1217171716151413131312121299566669996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50751951841711581387068643737281515246948392625254155
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
SE
10
E
10
E
5
NE
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
E
15
E
5
ENE
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
0
N
10
E
10
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
1.48
7:23AM
1.50
7:48PM
1.49
8:09AM
1.48
8:33PM
1.50
8:54AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.19
1:40PM
0.17
2:04AM
0.20
2:26PM
0.19
2:51AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.21
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:26-------7:28-------7:28---
Sunset-------7:02-------7:00------6:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121211101318181715141313172019171514131416181918
Feels °C (?)11111091216161614131212171817171413121316161717
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