Anaura Bay Surf Forecast

/ East Cape (19 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Anaura Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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 14.1° 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: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

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	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	339	279	260	181	199	201	214	183	207	191	201	169	131	112	106	91	77	74	67	72	57	19	33	47
Wind (km/h)	W	W	SW	SSE	SSE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 1.52				12:59PM 1.57				1:25AM 1.47				1:59PM 1.53				2:26AM 1.43				2:59PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			6:42AM 0.14				7:17PM 0.21				7:40AM 0.19				8:17PM 0.24				8:38AM 0.22					9:16PM 0.26

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	16	18	17	14	12	12	12	11	17	21	20	17	15	14	14	15	16	17	18	17	15	13
Feels °C (?)	7	7	13	14	13	13	10	10	10	9	15	20	18	14	11	10	10	11	13	13	13	15	12	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Anaura Bay (moderate winds from the WNW at ASCATB179E38S 53 km from Anaura Bay). 1.2m 9s swell from the S with a 0.3m 10s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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