Surf Forecast Surf Report

Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 30 Apr 2025 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Three Points today?

The current surf forecast for Three Points at 5AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (01 May)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (01 May)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.3
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
S
1.7
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
2.5
S
2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101012111212131313121212121111111010109999999101010915141312121111101010101111111010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18911838159315961026419425418382282734182524983042344438163785414547494860383028071961181814181325107510266838881259153313861347100111846882203175512751002857584469377186245190281286227214164125967068474528
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
15
NW
15
SSW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
1.79
8:36AM
1.69
9:07PM
1.77
9:31AM
1.64
10:02PM
1.73
10:27AM
1.58
10:56PM
1.66
11:23AM
1.51
11:52PM
1.59
12:19PM
1.43
12:47AM
1.51
1:16PM
1.37
1:41AM
1.45
2:12PM
1.34
2:33AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
0.00
2:53PM
-0.03
3:27AM
0.03
3:47PM
0.01
4:23AM
0.08
4:41PM
0.08
5:18AM
0.13
5:35PM
0.15
6:13AM
0.19
6:30PM
0.22
7:08AM
0.24
7:23PM
0.29
8:01AM
0.28
8:17PM
0.33
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise----6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset------5:19-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-----
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Rain (mm)
-1--1231----------31--------111-----------------------------
Temp. °C181818171818171616141211131515131211111313141513121313131414141313121212111313121110101010131413131211111217191614141515
Feels °C (?)1717161516171512121097910975446779888889867888981111109889911111010988914161311111313
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