Cooks Cove Reefs surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 22 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
19.5° 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 8PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010101099915814141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5114214213763073143202812812862552552171881571449997121118113123156151
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
0
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrossglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
1.64
9:58PM
1.67
10:27AM
1.63
10:49PM
1.66
11:18AM
1.63
11:44PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.16
4:02AM
0.24
4:26PM
0.18
4:51AM
0.27
5:16PM
0.21
5:44AM
0.32
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:15-------7:13----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151716161514141414161616151514151617171616161616
Feels °C (?)151615161614131413151415141514151616151515151515
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