Horseshoe Bay surf break

Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 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
19.5° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (02 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
0
0
!
!
1
0
0
1
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
N
0.4
N
1.5
N
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
2
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)10991616677777767891010101099912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)948783848219049852641534023316329277811901194146514781290869459294249232
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
15
W
15
SSW
15
W
10
W
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
NW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
2.11
5:16AM
2.08
5:39PM
2.15
6:20AM
2.18
6:40PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
0.67
11:09PM
0.50
11:36AM
0.64
12:09AM
0.48
12:38PM
0.59
1:07AM
0.44
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:37-------5:37
Sunset---8:12-------8:13-------8:14----
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---116104213631-1--1-----
Temp. °C212221191920191921221919191716161719191815151415
Feels °C (?)182021201819181821211820161211141415181614131112
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