Hicks Bay surf break

Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 8AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)141413777777777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116110120138158154170175205244286295342404408453493466434422422449393306
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03AM
2.07
12:29PM
2.05
1:03AM
2.02
1:21PM
2.02
2:05AM
1.99
2:19PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.47
6:48PM
0.39
7:21AM
0.54
7:44PM
0.44
8:24AM
0.60
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----7:13-------7:13-------7:15---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:09-------7:08
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------11111211223442242
Temp. °C161717171818181717171717171718181817171717171717
Feels °C (?)151616151615161514151415141415161514141615151516
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Hicks Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest