Horseshoe Bay Surf Forecast

/ East Cape (19 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.59° S 178.30° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 14 May 2026 NZST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 18.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 9AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (14 May)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (14 May)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 14							Friday 15								Saturday 16								Sun 17
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	E 9	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	94	42	43	45	49	46	42	42	46	48	49	75	77	80	90	123	123	123	121	119	119	117	86	85
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		3:42AM2.05m				4:11PM1.97m				4:35AM2.09m				5:10PM2.07m				5:30AM2.13m					6:08PM2.17m
Low Tide				10:10AM0.56m				10:29PM0.67m				11:05AM0.51m				11:27PM0.63m				12:00PM0.47m


	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	7:00
	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	5:05
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	12	12	12
Feels °C	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	7	8	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10
kJ	94	42	42	42	42	42	37	29	29	21	49	75	77	80	90	123	123	123	121	119	119	117	86	85
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 12	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 16	SSE 16	SE 14	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11
kJ	42	30	12	11	11	21	42	42	46	48	9	8	8	10	24	30	28	27	26	15	14	13	13	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 14	SE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	NNE 9	SE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 9	S 18	SE 17	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 16	SE 16	SSE 9	NE 10
kJ	29	29	18	17	17	8	19	10	10	10	3	7	12	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	10	15	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5
kJ	197	38	43	45	49	46	141	118	100	94	25	22	30	40	35	31	22	23	28	31	38	38	38	34
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	41	41	41	41	41	41	1	0	41	1	41	41	33	33	33	33	0	28	28	28	28	28	33	33
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	9	9	9	9	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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