Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
19.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 1PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.6
NE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.7
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)999999699919181813131213812124667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83838170884916552395227252517161566121212120176196
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
0
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
0
E
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononglassoffoffoffoffglassononglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
1.53
9:50PM
1.50
10:11AM
1.49
10:35PM
1.48
10:57AM
1.44
11:20PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
0.15
3:44PM
0.16
4:06AM
0.19
4:29PM
0.19
4:53AM
0.22
5:13PM
0.23
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise-6:58--------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:44-------7:42-------7:40--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------122
Temp. °C141317202020161413131822232017141311172018161514
Feels °C (?)131217191921161311121821222116131210161815131211
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