Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 25 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 4PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (25 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (25 Nov)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
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!
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2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.7
NE
1.9
NE
2.1
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
NE
Period(s) (?)9988888811111111111111111111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12610410097185197169157515524676850101711621256123512121212121210511051920903800
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
1.99
11:08PM
1.91
11:45AM
1.98
11:48PM
1.90
12:32PM
1.98
12:31AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16PM
0.67
5:25AM
0.59
6:02PM
0.69
6:08AM
0.59
6:50PM
0.69
6:53AM
0.60
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:39-------5:39
Sunset---8:05-------8:06-------8:07----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818171616161720212120171717172122222118171819
Feels °C (?)151515151516161820202020181817182121201917161717
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