Three Points 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.29° S 178.35° E

Issued: 6 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Three Points sea temperature is

14.7°C

Three Points 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 Three Points today (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Three Points at 10AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

Table - waves today at Three Points. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 13							Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	11	12	23	37	38	12	13	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	67	78	69	108
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	N	NNE	N	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	N	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	glassy	on	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide			8:37AM1.56m				8:55PM1.51m				9:21AM1.55m				9:39PM1.48m					10:04AM1.53m
Low Tide	2:25AM0.14m				2:51PM0.19m				3:09AM0.16m				3:36PM0.21m				3:53AM0.19m					4:21PM0.24m


	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1
Temp °C	13	14	20	22	23	21	18	18	17	17	21	24	24	21	16	15	14	16	19	21	19	15	14
Feels °C	12	13	20	20	22	19	17	17	15	15	18	22	21	19	14	13	12	14	16	17	15	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 6	NE 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	S 11
kJ	11	12	23	37	38	11	12	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	14	14	14	9
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 9	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	NE 9	NE 9	N 3	SE 5	SE 5	S 18	S 16	S 16	NNE 6	N 6	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 12	S 12	ENE 10
kJ	11	12	3	3	3	12	13	2	1	1	6	5	5	4	3	17	16	16	16	16	12	11	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 5	ESE 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	ESE 5	NNE 6	SE 5	S 8	S 8	SE 5	SE 5	SE 10	S 16	S 16	E 12	E 12	—	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15
kJ	3	3	9	9	8	3	7	1	1	1	1	1	4	5	5	3	3	—	—	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 3	—	NE 3	N 5	N 3	N 5	N 4	N 2	N 4	NNE 3	N 3	N 4	N 4	N 3	N 3	NNE 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	1	—	1	8	3	17	2	1	3	1	3	6	4	5	8	15	20	67	78	69	108
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree Bay of Plenty	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Homunga Bay Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	83	83	270	18	0	58	58	18	111	183	268	270	268	235	18	3	3	99	289	209	202	111	7
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Papatea Bay	Papatea Bay		Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Loisell's							Loisell's	Kaiaua Bay	Kaiaua Bay						Tokomaru Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1		1	1	1	1	1							1	1	1						1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	8	6	7	7	4	4	7	4	5	4	4	7	5

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