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Three Points Surf Forecast
/ East Cape (19 surf breaks) /
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Three Points surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Three Points today?
The current surf forecast for Three Points at 10PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Three Points. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 199 | 213 | 243 | 183 | 189 | 192 | 201 | 171 | 133 | 114 | 105 | 91 | 111 | 95 | 75 | 59 | 69 | 88 | 77 | 76 | 121 | 137 | 149 | 116 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:25AM 1.47 | 1:59PM 1.53 | 2:26AM 1.43 | 2:59PM 1.51 | 3:25AM 1.41 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:17PM 0.21 | 7:40AM 0.19 | 8:17PM 0.24 | 8:38AM 0.22 | 9:16PM 0.26 | 9:36AM 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - |
| Sunset | 5:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape
Offshore wind has become very light (calm at Hicks Bay 11 km from Te Araroa). Surf should be turning clean at Te Araroa. 0.2m 13s groundswell from the NNW to make surfable waves.
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