Papatea Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 02 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (02 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (02 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
NE
1.3
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.8
NNE
2
NNE
2.5
NNE
3
NNE
3
NNE
3.5
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3
NNW
3
NNW
3.5
N
3
N
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.5
N
3
NNW
3
NW
2.4
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010101066677888910101010101091010999989988888899999119101010101111119977881111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)263215193182194177472204226309346733946125117582720327933373019352924932217178214991315137711781259146715771195882797583489364273214168121797961606269687069726161494777789493167179
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscrossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
1.53
12:16AM
1.63
12:47PM
1.49
1:02AM
1.56
1:37PM
1.46
1:50AM
1.51
2:28PM
1.45
2:38AM
1.47
3:18PM
1.46
3:27AM
1.45
4:08PM
1.48
4:17AM
1.46
4:57PM
1.51
5:05AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.26
6:00PM
0.32
6:35AM
0.30
6:48PM
0.39
7:21AM
0.33
7:37PM
0.45
8:08AM
0.36
8:28PM
0.49
8:55AM
0.38
9:20PM
0.51
9:44AM
0.38
10:12PM
0.51
10:33AM
0.37
11:03PM
0.49
11:21AM
0.34
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset----5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------5:01-------5:02-------5:04-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111121313131313141415151616161717181817171616161616161515151515151414151613121111911141311999910131310101010111113
Feels °C (?)88910101010101110111112121113151716151716151414131412121212121313131414111088681211866557111177779911
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