Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 08 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 9AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (08 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (08 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101091099999151514141212111111111010105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161616143028272625142221366483771091051038882585745
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
5
W
0
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
W
5
N
5
N
5
NW
5
ESE
10
ESE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offonononglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
1.81
9:22PM
1.63
9:51AM
1.77
10:18PM
1.59
10:46AM
1.72
11:14PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
-0.03
3:20PM
-0.01
3:36AM
-0.01
4:16PM
0.01
4:32AM
0.03
5:11PM
0.04
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:25-------8:27-------8:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181928292824191816172324232318171617222628231815
Feels °C (?)161726282524181715162221222418171516212323201816
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