Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 03 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
14.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 4PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (03 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (03 Nov)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.4
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)99944477781211101010981615414161415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13121211771515953222227109819191921
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
ESE
15
E
5
SE
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
W
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
1.53
4:34AM
1.51
4:59PM
1.58
5:30AM
1.60
5:55PM
1.62
6:26AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
0.20
10:21PM
0.13
10:46AM
0.14
11:16PM
0.07
11:45AM
0.08
12:11AM
0.02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Sunrise-------6:00-------5:58-------5:58
Sunset---7:50-------7:51-------7:52----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161716151315111219232016141211111618171513121212
Feels °C (?)1414141512149101719171412109101415151412101011
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