Waiapu River Surf Forecast

/ East Cape (19 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Waiapu River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 NZDT

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Waiapu River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Waiapu River sea temperature is 15.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waiapu River today?

The current surf forecast for Waiapu River at 11AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s

Table - waves today at Waiapu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri 07
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	40	37	36	27	20	25	36	37	48	48	59	59	60	60	81	80	93	118	108	98	107	97	93	91
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	ENE	ENE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:18AM 1.54				5:39PM 1.63				6:14AM 1.65				6:34PM 1.69					7:08AM 1.74				7:28PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				11:27AM 0.20				11:58PM 0.07				12:25PM 0.13				12:52AM 0.00					1:22PM 0.07

	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri 07
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	17	21	22	20	17	17	14	14	17	17	19	18	15	14	14	14	20	22	21	18	16	16
Feels °C (?)	9	8	13	15	17	17	14	15	12	12	15	14	16	14	12	11	11	12	18	18	16	14	13	14

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