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Waipātiki Beach

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.4 m) at 10 s, heading toward WNW, with strong cross-offshore wind toward E.

Swell

0.4 m

WNW

10 s

Wind

33 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.5 m

Rising

Weather

13 °C

Light drizzle

13 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	21 km/h · 41 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.5 m	Partly cloudy · 15 °C
1 AM	Good	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	25 km/h · 49 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.4 m	Partly cloudy · 14 °C
2 AM	Good	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	20 km/h · 48 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.2 m	Partly cloudy · 14 °C
3 AM	Good	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	11 km/h · 38 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 14 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	6 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	SW Cross-shore	0.7 m	Partly cloudy · 12 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	4 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.6 m	Overcast · 12 °C
6 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	33 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.5 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
7 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 10 s	WNW	35 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 12 °C
8 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	WNW	33 km/h · 74 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.8 m	Light drizzle · 12 °C
9 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	WNW	37 km/h · 80 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
10 AM	Fair	0.3 m · 10 s	WNW	24 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	WNW	25 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Clear · 13 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 9 s	WNW	26 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.6 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 9 s	NW	23 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 7 s	NW	23 km/h · 52 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 7 s	NNW	26 km/h · 52 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	1 m	Light drizzle · 12 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 6 s	NNW	13 km/h · 54 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	0.8 m	Drizzle · 12 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 6 s	NNW	20 km/h · 41 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	0.6 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
6 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	NNW	22 km/h · 41 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	0.5 m	Mostly clear · 11 °C
7 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 7 s	NNW	22 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.5 m	Clear · 10 °C
8 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 7 s	NNW	19 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.6 m	Clear · 10 °C
9 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 8 s	NNW	17 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Clear · 9 °C
10 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 8 s	NNW	16 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Clear · 9 °C
11 PM	Good	0.5 m · 8 s	NNW	15 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Clear · 8 °C