Table Cape Reefs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.11° S 178.00° E

Issued: 12 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Table Cape Reefs sea temperature is

14.4°C

Table Cape Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Table Cape Reefs today (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Table Cape Reefs at 5AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	4s
Evening (13 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

Table - waves today at Table Cape Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 9	NE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 7	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	32	23	23	12	12	20	37	32	12	12	13	51	50	49	47	41	41	40	40	61	64	62	89	32
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	N	ENE	NE	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NE	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	on	on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide				8:25AM1.51m				8:44PM1.46m				9:10AM1.50m				9:29PM1.43m				9:54AM1.48m
Low Tide		2:14AM0.14m				2:40PM0.18m				2:59AM0.16m				3:27PM0.20m				3:43AM0.19m					4:12PM0.23m


	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
Temp °C	14	14	16	18	20	19	23	19	19	18	17	20	23	22	21	19	18	17	17	18	21	18	14	14
Feels °C	11	12	15	18	17	14	20	15	16	15	13	18	22	22	17	16	14	13	12	12	15	11	12	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	SSW 16	NE 5	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	NE 8	SSW 14	NE 7	NE 6
kJ	32	23	23	11	11	24	26	10	10	10	10	21	21	21	21	13	41	40	40	40	14	38	89	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 5	NE 4	NE 3	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 6	NE 6	NE 9	NE 6	NNE 4	NE 9	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	NE 3	SSW 14	W 3	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 9	SSW 14	E 15	SSW 11	NE 8
kJ	3	4	2	12	12	3	10	12	10	3	13	51	50	49	2	41	1	8	9	9	20	4	23	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSW 16	SSE 9	NE 9	SSW 14	NE 9	NE 9	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	WNW 3	SSW 16	SW 9	ENE 9	—	E 12	—	SSW 12	E 15	SSW 13	SSW 11
kJ	11	3	3	3	25	8	12	19	12	12	1	2	2	2	47	3	8	—	3	—	13	4	18	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 3	NNE 4	—	NE 4	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	NNE 4	NW 2	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	WNW 4	WNW 4
kJ	8	7	—	3	2	20	37	32	4	5	2	2	2	3	1	10	16	26	37	61	64	62	25	31
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Loisell's East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree Bay of Plenty	Waihau Bay East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Uruti Point Wairarapa	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	79	163	163	177	79	79	155	204	204	215	166	0	289	176	279	62	339	94	275	176	117	104	6	62
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia												Table Cape Reefs				Whangara							Diners Beach	Whangara
Rating (10 max)												1				1							1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	8	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	8	6	7	7	4	4	9	4	4	4	4	8	6

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