Waihau Bay Surf Forecast

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Waihau Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 NZST

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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 15.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waihau Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waihau Bay at 12PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (21 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

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	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)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	97	85	81	78	70	67	47	44	45	30	30	30	21	20	22	25	21	27	25	53	20	8	8	10
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	NE	E	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:16AM 1.59				4:55PM 1.69				5:15AM 1.60				5:50PM 1.72					6:10AM 1.62				6:41PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				10:33AM 0.23				11:11PM 0.32				11:30AM 0.21					12:08AM 0.28				12:24PM 0.19

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	11	12	13	12	10	9	9	9	10	11	12	10	9	8	8	8	10	12	12	10	9	9
Feels °C (?)	8	6	8	10	11	10	7	6	6	5	7	8	10	8	6	5	5	5	7	9	9	7	6	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

Wind Update Cross-off wind 11 km from Te Araroa has swung offshore (fresh winds from the S at Hicks Bay). 0.4m 7s swell from the NW to make surfable waves.
55 minutes ago Te Araroa

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33 km away, 55 min ago

37 km/h

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15.2

Air / Water (°C)

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