Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 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 6AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.1
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)101111999999997766771212111010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150119117929688868684626121111140404753171266191141966519
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
SE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SSE
10
NNE
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
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
4:51PM
0.09
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:41----
Sunset-------8:00-------7:59-------7:57
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212019172124242219171614171919181614141420232423
Feels °C (?)191818161923232218141211151716141312131319222321
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