Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 07 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 8PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)--
Afternoon (07 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)131310101010109109999915151414121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3029181716161614302827262514222118485777109105103101
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
E
0
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
E
10
SSE
10
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
WSW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
1.65
8:55AM
1.81
9:22PM
1.63
9:51AM
1.77
10:18PM
1.59
10:46AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
-0.03
3:20PM
-0.01
3:36AM
-0.01
4:16PM
0.01
4:32AM
0.03
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:37-------5:37--
Sunset-8:24-------8:25-------8:27------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272620181819283130262018161723242322181717172326
Feels °C (?)242520171717262928252017151622222222181716162223
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