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Hicks Bay surf break

Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 11PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)--
Afternoon (11 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (11 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
NNE
1.7
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)989888856777777776666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48425225724616513011214132049748347140132634233233226117514512612612298
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
10
E
0
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
2.00
1:32PM
2.09
1:56AM
1.94
2:23PM
2.02
2:52AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
0.59
7:12AM
0.61
7:58PM
0.59
8:08AM
0.68
8:49PM
0.61
9:05AM
0.71
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset-8:20-------8:21-------8:22------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222018181718212120181615151518191817141413151818
Feels °C (?)2020201916181916151110910912121111101110121413
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