Anaura Bay surf break

Anaura Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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 10AM is: 4.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
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!
!
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
S
1.9
S
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111110101010101011101099999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11222653475249674193370231952434250018081209682622533465456393332294230220156118115
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
5:53PM
0.11
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:41-----
Sunset----5:30-------5:29-------5:27---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-5311-------------------
Temp. °C131312131312121111101214151211101010121415131211
Feels °C (?)127566666657910987779111211119
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