Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
20.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 4AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (19 Mar)15ft (4.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
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3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
E
2.3
E
3
E
3.5
E
4.5
ESE
4.5
ESE
4
ESE
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)777781011111111111111101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11714916729564919763192512747573951215519691492996725573347300308254202198160113
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
30
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
1.94
7:36AM
2.07
7:55PM
1.99
8:18AM
2.10
8:42PM
2.05
9:04AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.48
2:00PM
0.43
2:11AM
0.43
2:46PM
0.35
3:00AM
0.40
3:31PM
0.30
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------7:21-------7:19-------7:17
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
----1252----------------
Temp. °C171617171717171717181817182020191616151518191716
Feels °C (?)161514131311121111141616171919181415131316181615
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