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Waihau Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waihau Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waihau Bay at 3AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNE
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)55555513141414141266661313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)405461758361687940403828486266576767346862585856
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
5
W
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
1.50
2:27PM
1.53
3:05AM
1.47
3:17PM
1.47
3:58AM
1.45
4:08PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.29
8:16AM
0.43
8:46PM
0.34
9:07AM
0.48
9:34PM
0.38
10:00AM
0.52
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:58-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset-------8:31-------8:31-------8:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019192123222319181717202222212020191920222222
Feels °C (?)201817161822222419171616182021222120192021222223
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