Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
20.2° 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 11PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.5
S
1.2
S
0.8
S
0.5
ENE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1010101111999999997768771111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20916615011911792968886868462612021314539475315119118813896
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
ESE
10
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
1.46
8:58AM
1.58
9:22PM
1.50
9:43AM
1.60
10:09PM
1.54
10:30AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.17
3:19PM
0.14
3:35AM
0.14
4:05PM
0.11
4:23AM
0.13
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00-------7:59------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242422201917212424221918161417191918161414142022
Feels °C (?)222320181816192323221814121115171615131213131820
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