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Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 12PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.9
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.3
NE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)6881515151515158881744414141456777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3544444446556101152020193713123252999
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
E
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
1.46
1:22AM
1.40
1:40PM
1.40
2:11AM
1.38
2:29PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.24
7:11PM
0.21
7:33AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.26
8:21AM
0.33
8:43PM
0.30
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-5:56-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:40-------8:40-------8:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182029323330252322232119191716151616212427272218
Feels °C (?)151826282927222018202017171615141516192225252119
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