Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 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
21.1° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 1AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)10101312121211121211121011101110999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5739675011310916627632219313712214912782886442414140262423
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
S
5
NE
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrossglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
1.40
7:48AM
1.54
8:10PM
1.44
8:34AM
1.56
8:58PM
1.49
9:21AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.19
2:09PM
0.19
2:23AM
0.16
2:56PM
0.15
3:12AM
0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-8:08-------8:07-------8:07------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201917141313202426242120161420262624181412111618
Feels °C (?)192017131211192325242018151217242422161110101515
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