Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 05 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 11AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (05 Dec)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (05 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)11111111111111101010101010101010914141313131010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)185314331176108110087876154923882812351831401091051037692918755521831
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
10
NE
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
E
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassoncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
1.73
6:31PM
1.64
7:03AM
1.78
7:29PM
1.66
7:59AM
1.81
8:26PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.03
12:45AM
-0.02
1:24PM
0.00
1:43AM
-0.04
2:22PM
-0.02
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:23-------8:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101219222222191818202731242219181718252829271918
Feels °C (?)81017191920181615172327212118171617242526261917
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