Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Waihua surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waihua sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 6AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (04 Dec)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (04 Dec)13ft (4.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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!
0
0
0
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!
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1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.8
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
4
S
4
S
4.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)66891111121212121212111111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7210440110672200249645744923517829422202181815111249991787668511396263218132105111
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
5
SSW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
1.66
5:33PM
1.61
6:05AM
1.73
6:31PM
1.64
7:03AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50PM
0.05
11:24AM
0.08
11:47PM
0.01
12:24PM
0.03
12:45AM
-0.02
1:24PM
0.00
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:37----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:22-------8:23
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
924---------------------
Temp. °C141312121519181613111113182222221918181928302823
Feels °C (?)1210757131311129912171919211716151625252522
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