Anaura Bay surf break

Anaura Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 20 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
18.3° 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 8PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
2
S
2.2
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
S
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)898888888101010111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16926932228423919614311910126040261388311284160505840303513311029872873324331332968
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
35
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glassoffglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
1.66
8:27PM
1.74
8:50AM
1.66
9:20PM
1.74
9:44AM
1.64
10:15PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:14PM
-0.01
2:46AM
0.04
3:07PM
-0.01
3:41AM
0.05
4:01PM
0.02
4:37AM
0.07
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:39-------
Sunset--5:32-------5:30-------5:30-----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----342--1---5241----1--
Temp. °C182020161414141314181915131311111113141211111010
Feels °C (?)1818171414141412141718141174357766656
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