Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 10AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)101313121212121216161515141313121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1965214754534464324973595481175108897878059149037729423618613289865958
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.51
7:02PM
1.48
7:23AM
1.50
7:49PM
1.49
8:10AM
1.48
8:34PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.17
1:16AM
0.19
1:41PM
0.17
2:04AM
0.20
2:26PM
0.19
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:24-------7:26-------7:26-----
Sunset-----7:02-------7:00-------7:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111012151614131211111419201815141414172120181615
Feels °C (?)109111314121211991317171613131312161918181514
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