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Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 1PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
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
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.2
E
0.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
S
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
S
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)410788888814881388888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9846485449366759377996564925137525244434242554036
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
1.68
8:38PM
1.54
9:04AM
1.65
9:30PM
1.53
9:54AM
1.60
10:20PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59AM
0.05
2:36PM
0.07
2:52AM
0.07
3:27PM
0.08
3:44AM
0.10
4:16PM
0.11
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:25-------8:24-------8:23--
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-14111------------------
Temp. °C161616161616161615141618191715131313192322211716
Feels °C (?)151514151515161615141616171514121213192221211716
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