- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Waihua today?
The current surf forecast for Waihua at 12AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Apr) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (23 Apr) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Waihua. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 3054 | 2466 | 2122 | 2377 | 1092 | 856 | 635 | 688 | 618 | 343 | 294 | 281 | 235 | 206 | 172 | 118 | 115 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 82 | 84 | 84 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | on | glass | off | off | off | off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:55PM 1.74 | 10:23AM 1.59 | 10:52PM 1.71 | 11:21AM 1.55 | 11:49PM 1.66 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:42PM 0.02 | 4:20AM 0.03 | 4:38PM 0.04 | 5:16AM 0.06 | 5:34PM 0.08 | 6:13AM 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:47 | - |
| Sunset | 5:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 |  |  | |  |  |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waihua surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest