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Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Three Points surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Three Points sea temperature is
20.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Three Points today?

The current surf forecast for Three Points at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.5
NE
0.8
S
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)9912111110101010111111111111101313101210101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)565270102123123123149170176183222242238234225277401442181142142142115
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
W
15
W
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		ononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
1.51
3:54AM
1.57
4:18PM
1.52
4:55AM
1.60
5:19PM
1.53
5:55AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.22
9:34PM
0.13
10:09AM
0.21
10:34PM
0.12
11:11AM
0.19
11:34PM
0.10
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:16-------6:18
Sunset---8:22-------8:22-------8:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212425252119171619191919181817172123232421181717
Feels °C (?)212222242017141316171818171817172020202321181716
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