Hawkes Bay Surf

Detailed Hawkes Bay surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Hawkes Bay. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Hawkes Bay. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Hawkes Bay over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Hawkes Bay and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Hawkes Bay Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Hawkes Bay Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Hawkes Bay coastline are also listed below.

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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Point Annihilation Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Napier - The Gap Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Rolling Stones Gisborne and Mahia	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay
Rating	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	0	2	1	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	10	10	9	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	14	12
Energy(?)	400	3494	2462	1476	841	577	465	295	310	105	285	227	335	509	194	312	87	124	112	797	927	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:59PM 1.41		5:28AM 1.52	5:43PM 1.40		6:16AM 1.55	6:39PM 1.44		7:05AM 1.58		7:23PM 1.40	7:53AM 1.63		8:19PM 1.56	8:41AM 1.67		9:06PM 1.62	9:28AM 1.71		9:52PM 1.69	10:04AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		11:14PM 0.39	11:44AM 0.37		12:02AM 0.33	12:33PM 0.31		12:44AM 0.25		1:22PM 0.26	1:35AM 0.19		2:10PM 0.22	2:22AM 0.19		2:57PM 0.19	3:11AM 0.19		3:44PM 0.18			4:31PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	41	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	20	21	17	22	22	19	20	21	18	19	21	18	22	21	19	15	16	16	23	21
Low °C	14	12	16	20	16	19	21	17	19	19	17	19	19	17	21	21	14	15	16	15	20	21
Chill °C (?)	11	14	20	21	16	22	22	19	20	21	18	19	21	18	22	21	19	13	15	16	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	8:14	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	10	10	9	12	8	9	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	9	9	9	11	11	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	-	9	9	11	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	1.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	4	6	4	5	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	8	5	5

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Napier - Hardings Road Hawkes Bay	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	10	11	12	-	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4363	5287	4765	814	3937	4112	3991	0	1270	938	562	910	756	653	545	449	465	441	390	304	319	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 1.41				5:28AM 1.52				5:48PM 1.42				6:16AM 1.55				6:39PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				11:09PM 0.37				11:39AM 0.35				12:02AM 0.33				12:33PM 0.31				12:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	18	29	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	19	21	20	15	16	15	15	19	23	22	21	19	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	18	21	20	15	16	14	14	19	23	22	21	19	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.9 E	4.0 SSW	1.7 E	2.3 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 E	0.3 SSE	-	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	-	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	0.8 WSW	3.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	0.6 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	10	11	-	4	10	6	6	4	5	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	4	-	2	-	3

	Sunday 15										Monday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Napier - Hardings Road Hawkes Bay	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.2 E	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 SW	2.2 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	-	11	11	12	12	12	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3524	3973	4363	469	4949	5287	5287	0	4200	4200	1757	3494	3494	5636	1841	3937	4112	4112	4028	4016	4621	3486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:54PM 1.39													5:28AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)											11:11PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	13	10	6	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	15	15	12	12	12	13	14	15	17	16	16	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	9	8	8	10	11	13	15	14	14	13	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 E	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.7 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 S	-	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	-	11	11	11	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.8 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 SW	1.2 WNW	3.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	4.0 S	1.8 W
Period (s)	9	10	10	4	10	11	11	3	-	-	4	6	6	10	4	10	6	6	6	6	11	6