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Hicks Bay surf break

Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
20.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 11AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Jan)11ft (3.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
5
NNE
3.5
N
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
NNW
Period(s) (?)8887888910109101010910999999911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6005936016077601236186130404235434822071237917846528540506424359300243243199300
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NNE
30
N
30
NW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
2.07
9:31PM
1.99
10:05AM
2.08
10:12PM
1.97
10:46AM
2.07
10:55PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
0.46
3:43PM
0.54
3:51AM
0.42
4:26PM
0.48
4:33AM
0.41
5:10PM
0.43
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:27-------8:27-------8:25--
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3159817324444326-------------
Temp. °C171817171718181921232323242321201919222322222018
Feels °C (?)141514141415141519222322211919181617202018201714
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