Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Three Points today?

The current surf forecast for Three Points at 1PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.9
E
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)10888888881198999999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8006236698048899521023102398415651022890627756716799672646674702663637603711
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
1.43
10:04PM
1.47
10:22AM
1.39
10:47PM
1.43
11:05AM
1.34
11:31PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.27
3:54PM
0.25
4:21AM
0.30
4:36PM
0.29
5:05AM
0.34
5:19PM
0.33
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:24-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:49-------5:47---
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1111121111--------------
Temp. °C161717181717171717181819181818181817182020191716
Feels °C (?)131313141313131314161517161616161716171817171615
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