Anaura Bay surf break

Anaura Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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Anaura Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Anaura Bay sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Anaura Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Anaura Bay at 10PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
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!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
2
S
2.2
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.9
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
Period(s) (?)10101010111111121111111010101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)452578656834110731895346659649533957315726232254225016251393667573509437384359287255
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
1.74
9:44AM
1.64
10:15PM
1.72
10:40AM
1.59
11:11PM
1.68
11:38AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.05
4:01PM
0.02
4:37AM
0.07
4:56PM
0.06
5:33AM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:41-
Sunset5:30-------5:30-------5:29-------
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--19111---1-----------
Temp. °C1514131213121112121212111181112131112101091214
Feels °C (?)151311101163666666477989775910
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