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Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
21.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 5AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (15 Feb)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (15 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
E
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)888910101111111111111010101099141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40141439876178472586214011242714566432358294237184173170241299336326252240
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
0
NW
10
W
25
W
30
WNW
45
W
50
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
1.89
6:04PM
1.87
6:52AM
1.94
6:52PM
1.92
7:34AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
0.69
12:09PM
0.76
12:30AM
0.62
12:57PM
0.69
1:14AM
0.54
1:45PM
0.60
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:04-------8:02
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
5542--11-261------------
Temp. °C191818181920181816131515161819191716161720212119
Feels °C (?)191918181921181410578101213151313141517192019
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