East Cape Surf

Detailed East Cape surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in East Cape. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in East Cape. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in East Cape over the next 7 days. Surf photos from East Cape and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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East Cape Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the East Cape Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the East Cape coastline are also listed below.

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	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Hawai River East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Motu River East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 N	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.6 SE	2.1 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	6	6	6	13	13	10	13	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	12
Energy(?)	4	115	130	141	1236	1412	305	797	1203	1430	2326	643	1058	980	496	313	200	142	76	108	1018	1886
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 1.48		3:38AM 1.42	4:20PM 1.48		4:30AM 1.45	5:12PM 1.57		5:21AM 1.48	5:59PM 1.60		5:22AM 1.33		6:35PM 1.63	6:40AM 1.59		6:47PM 1.55	7:46AM 1.67		8:16PM 2.16	7:49AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32PM 0.54	9:54AM 0.40		10:27PM 0.52	10:46AM 0.36		11:20PM 0.47	11:36AM 0.31		12:13AM 0.41	11:34AM 0.23		12:27AM 0.42		12:23PM 0.18	1:06AM 0.21		2:03PM 0.37	2:39AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	12	13	10	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	8	9	10	11	12	13	10	10
Low °C	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	10	11	9	6	8	9	10	11	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	8	12	12	10	13	12	12	12	13	11	10	10	5	7	8	10	11	12	7	7
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	2.4 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	12	13	13	13	10	13	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	7	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	15	12	12	11	10	9	10	18	9	12	11	-	12	16	8	9	6	6	7	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	1.1 ENE	-	1.4 NE	2.1 NNE	-	2.3 NNE	-	0.6 SSE	1.0 SE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	-	2.0 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	5	-	6	9	-	10	-	3	6	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	12

	Tuesday 05					Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.4 NE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 NNW	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 N	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 NNE	1.4 SE	2.0 NNE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	6	6	6	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	9	12
Energy(?)	902	8	115	113	116	130	143	37	141	159	164	68	1329	938	975	974	992	902	399	1120	1145	883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:27PM 1.45				3:39AM 1.45				4:22PM 1.51				4:11AM 1.47				5:26PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.36	9:04AM 0.42				9:32PM 0.54				9:54AM 0.40				10:01PM 0.44				10:04AM 0.32				10:30PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	11	10	10	10	8	11	13	13	11	12	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	12	12	9	8	8	8	7	9	12	12	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	13	11	11	10
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 NE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	-	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	11	6	10	9	12	12	13	6	13	13	14	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 S	0.3 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 N	0.1 S	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	-	12	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	8	8	10	18	-	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	6	5	6	6	6	10	9	9	9

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 NE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.4 NE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.2 NNW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	5	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	8	12	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	946	6	4	4	4	4	4	8	115	116	113	14	543	574	386	386	1177	1034	27	1241	1264	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										3:27PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				9:02AM 0.42												9:06PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	13	12	10	10	9	11	10	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	1.0 S	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	5	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	6	12	9	8	8	12	12	6	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	1.0 S	0.5 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	-	12	12	12	11	9	12	9	9	12	10	12	13	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	-	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	12	13	-