Hicks Bay Surf Forecast

/ East Cape (19 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.58° S 178.29° E)

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Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 NZST

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Hicks Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hicks Bay sea temperature is 16.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 5PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (09 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Wednesday 09					Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	NNW	NNW	E	NNW	NNW	NNW	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	9	12	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	846	1233	928	1102	1226	1183	1247	1043	951	883	846	805	867	805	850	865	828	873	1077	1215	1396	1743	2313	3257	959	2262	1730	1429	727	601	579	1037	571	563	696	783	763	808	822	656	637	602	473	490	450	448	434	391	339	319	347	553	592	430	371	340	268	260	253	256
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	ENE	N	W	WSW	WSW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	N	NNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:59PM 1.97				5:57AM 1.92					6:43PM 2.02				6:45AM 1.98				7:24PM 2.06				7:29AM 2.02				8:05PM 2.09				8:11AM 2.04				8:46PM 2.11				8:52AM 2.03					9:29PM 2.13				9:35AM 2.02				10:13PM 2.13				10:20AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37AM 0.67					12:02AM 0.78				12:22PM 0.63				12:48AM 0.73				1:06PM 0.58				1:34AM 0.67				1:48PM 0.52				2:19AM 0.61				2:31PM 0.45					3:04AM 0.55				3:13PM 0.41				3:49AM 0.50				3:57PM 0.39				4:36AM 0.44				4:43PM 0.42

	Wednesday 09					Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	10	8	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	4	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	12	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	12	11	11	10	10	11	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	15	13
Feels °C (?)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	13	13	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	11	9	8	7	6	5	7	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	11	11	13	12

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