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Loisell's surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Loisell's today?
The current surf forecast for Loisell's at 11PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Loisell's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 62 | 61 | 191 | 364 | 186 | 114 | 337 | 229 | 202 | 172 | 381 | 240 | 77 | 76 | 90 | 90 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 55 | 53 | 51 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:03PM 1.55 | 3:22AM 1.45 | 4:01PM 1.53 | 4:24AM 1.44 | 4:57PM 1.51 | 5:22AM 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:05PM 0.45 | 9:21AM 0.44 | 10:02PM 0.43 | 10:22AM 0.44 | 10:57PM 0.40 | 11:17AM 0.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape
The wind is still cross-on at Loisell's (strong winds from the S at Gisborne Airport 36 km from Loisell's). 0.4m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the NNE and a 0.1m 10s swell from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
36 km away, 1 h 12 min ago
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