Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Horseshoe Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Horseshoe Bay sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 8AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.8
ESE
0.4
E
0.3
SE
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)66699959121010101010101088899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5340272625252623223151475049122125676894141177243243308
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SE
10
E
10
E
5
NE
0
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
1.95
7:41AM
1.99
8:10PM
1.99
8:24AM
1.97
8:53PM
2.01
9:07AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.39
2:23AM
0.45
2:51PM
0.37
3:08AM
0.44
3:32PM
0.36
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----7:20-------7:20-------7:22---
Sunset-------7:00------6:58-------6:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313131517171413131313161717161515151417191816
Feels °C (?)91010101113131111111111151515151615151417181615
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