Anaura Bay surf break

Anaura Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Anaura Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Anaura Bay at 1PM is: 6.5m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)18ft (5.5m)11s
Afternoon (12 Apr)23ft (7.0m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)16ft (5.0m)12s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
3
4
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
NE
7
NE
6.5
NE
5
NE
2.2
E
2
E
2.2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1.6
NE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)1211111112121210101010910914141413131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)494249606756899913413119496105996832961590265226408919753607599503488488408329248
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
50
NE
55
NE
40
NNE
35
NNW
35
WNW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.39
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise--6:30-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset----5:44-------5:42-------5:40---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
213311121-----------------
Temp. °C192020212021222119172022221918161717192222181515
Feels °C (?)161615151317191616161920211918151616192221161414
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