Waihau Bay Surf Forecast

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Waihau Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT

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

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

How big are the waves at Waihau Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waihau Bay at 3PM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	18s
Evening (17 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	18s

Table - waves today at Waihau Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	N
Period(s) (?)	5	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	6	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	7	35	65	64	65	67	58	90	132	132	87	54	55	50	110	167	121	109	77	138	202	147	97	92
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:19PM 1.60				4:49AM 1.50				5:14PM 1.59				5:44AM 1.52				6:03PM 1.60				6:33AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 0.34					10:39PM 0.34				10:57AM 0.36				11:33PM 0.32				11:51AM 0.36				12:21AM 0.29

	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	14	11	10
Feels °C (?)	13	12	12	12	11	9	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	7	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Waihau Bay (light winds from the ENE at Hicks Bay 33 km from Waihau Bay). 0.4m 5s windswell from the WNW with a 0.2m 8s swell from the NE and a 0.2m 4s local chop from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 27 minutes ago Waihau Bay

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33 km away, 1 h 27 min ago

15 km/h

ENE

0.0

15.5

Air / Water (°C)

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