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Papatea Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Papatea Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Papatea Bay sea temperature is
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Papatea Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Papatea Bay at 12PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.1
NNW
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)121111551111115555677789999989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)524730473530303048658062706382102125194215215316323268264
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
E
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off		glassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
1.46
5:01PM
1.44
5:42AM
1.49
5:51PM
1.45
6:31AM
1.53
6:40PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
0.53
11:17PM
0.39
11:48AM
0.52
12:07AM
0.37
12:39PM
0.49
12:55AM
0.33
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:01-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:30--
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
22233323331342-------1---
Temp. °C212021222221202020201921202119191818212120191616
Feels °C (?)222122222223212121211921212221211918222220171414
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