- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
Waiapu River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Waiapu River today?
The current surf forecast for Waiapu River at 8AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (21 Aug) | 7ft (2.2m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Waiapu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 1221 | 1083 | 948 | 864 | 725 | 624 | 607 | 483 | 441 | 934 | 754 | 685 | 589 | 257 | 230 | 228 | 202 | 215 | 173 | 188 | 149 | 159 | 189 | 182 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:53AM 1.50 | 4:29PM 1.59 | 4:52AM 1.50 | 5:25PM 1.61 | 5:47AM 1.51 | 6:17PM 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:07AM 0.19 | 10:46PM 0.26 | 11:05AM 0.19 | 11:42PM 0.24 | 11:59AM 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - |
 |  |  |  | | |  |  | | | |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape
The wind is still cross-on at Waiapu River (fresh winds from the S at Hicks Bay 30 km from Waiapu River). A 3.2m swell from the SSE is too big for here
30 km away, 1 h 4 min ago
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waiapu River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest