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Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 15 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
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Three Points today?

The current surf forecast for Three Points at 5PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 15). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (15 Feb)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
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
1
2
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
3
S
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)10101110111111101010101091413131312121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8639511086168316551376990783514443327268207341406388424379325278268250202172
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
45
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
NW
30
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NE
20
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26PM
1.31
5:58AM
1.41
6:15PM
1.34
6:44AM
1.45
7:02PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
0.40
11:38PM
0.32
12:12PM
0.36
12:26AM
0.28
1:01PM
0.31
1:14AM
0.24
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:35-------6:37
Sunset---8:06-------8:05-------8:04----
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
5---1173----------------
Temp. °C171614141414141617212221181615151921232118161617
Feels °C (?)118781086911161818151514141919201917151617
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