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Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 16 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 10PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)677788888888888855566667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91999113014116918217316517713910097978284106114126131120143271358
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
1.86
6:41AM
1.95
6:38PM
1.89
7:26AM
1.98
7:26PM
1.93
8:06AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
0.67
12:45PM
0.78
1:05AM
0.63
1:31PM
0.73
1:47AM
0.58
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:05--
Sunset-8:29-------8:29-------8:29------
thunderstorm
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clear
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part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C222220191717181919171615151518191917161616161819
Feels °C (?)222220201616161515121199912131311111011111313
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