Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 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
19.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.4
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)9999996666996613566666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6647474645291276237231615153214142518191213212924
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
SSE
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
N
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
0
WNW
10
ESE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
1.53
9:49PM
1.50
10:11AM
1.49
10:35PM
1.48
10:56AM
1.44
11:20PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.16
3:44PM
0.16
4:06AM
0.19
4:28PM
0.19
4:53AM
0.22
5:12PM
0.24
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:44-------7:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------121
Temp. °C141318202018161413121821221916141211172019151413
Feels °C (?)13121819191916141211182021201613119161816121211
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