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Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 10AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
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)
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!
!
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3
3
3
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)111010101010101099999999999910111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22412008175813781115924847708586531440393359359318287287294294220320399391335
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.96
7:43PM
1.89
8:23AM
1.99
8:25PM
1.89
9:02AM
2.01
9:07PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.53
1:50PM
0.66
2:11AM
0.52
2:33PM
0.67
2:48AM
0.53
3:14PM
0.66
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:01--
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2----------------14121--
Temp. °C181920222220171716172121211917171717181717171718
Feels °C (?)191919202018161615161918181816161617171717161718
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