Cooks Cove Reefs surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST
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Cooks Cove Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cooks Cove Reefs sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cooks Cove Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Cooks Cove Reefs at 2PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

Table - waves today at Cooks Cove Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.5
SE
0.9
S
0.5
SE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
N
0.9
N
0.4
N
0.4
S
0.5
N
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)99999810131011101010101011114591091414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2652242162631911219133754206157156115100571101024960528490144172
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
1.55
1:33AM
1.53
2:23PM
1.54
2:37AM
1.48
3:27PM
1.54
3:41AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.31
7:18PM
0.44
7:39AM
0.35
8:22PM
0.46
8:42AM
0.37
9:23PM
0.44
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise6:05-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset--5:57-------5:58-------5:59-----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C16171714131313121619191715141415161717171513109
Feels °C (?)1313131210111191317161310109101012121313964
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Cooks Cove Reefs (moderate winds from the S at Gisborne Airport 44 km from Cooks Cove Reefs). 0.5m 10s swell from the ENE with a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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44 km away, 1 h 14 min ago

26 km/h
S
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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