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Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 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
20.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 11PM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Jan)11ft (3.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
0
0
0
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2
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0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NNE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)889101010101010101010101011121111887899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82114012356339937463860146112192066185414321604147395512561731136512704464785376897454
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrosscrosscross-
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-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
1.99
10:05AM
2.08
10:12PM
1.97
10:46AM
2.07
10:55PM
1.96
11:29AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
0.54
3:51AM
0.42
4:26PM
0.48
4:33AM
0.41
5:10PM
0.43
5:16AM
0.42
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-8:27-------8:27-------8:25------
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
717364436291-----------------
Temp. °C171818192123222323232120191922232222191818171718
Feels °C (?)131413151822212119201918171720191920161514111111
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