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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	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	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	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Three Points East Cape
Rating	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	3	0	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	1.9 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	11	5	6	12	11	10	13	6	13	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	12
Energy(?)	126	164	3	3	5	25	52	64	1276	202	797	689	848	922	621	223	321	286	1225	856	479	2901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 1.44	2:45AM 1.42		2:47PM 1.36		3:02AM 1.32	3:37PM 1.38		4:31AM 1.47	5:12PM 1.57		5:22AM 1.51	6:00PM 1.63		6:11AM 1.56		6:44PM 1.67	6:59AM 1.62		7:26PM 1.74	7:46AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			8:38PM 0.54	8:27AM 0.36		9:32PM 0.54	9:16AM 0.35		10:29PM 0.53	10:48AM 0.37		11:22PM 0.48	11:38AM 0.31		12:13AM 0.41		12:25PM 0.25	12:59AM 0.32		1:13PM 0.20	1:45AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	12	12	9	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	9	11	8	11	12	10	10
Low °C	10	10	9	11	10	9	10	11	12	13	13	10	14	14	10	9	9	8	9	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	12	12	8	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	7	8	5	8	11	7	7
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	1.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	5	5	6	12	6	10	13	13	13	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.7 N	0.1 S	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NNW	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	13	11	-	-	12	11	6	9	10	18	6	12	12	12	5	10	15	14	14	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	5	9	-	-	-	3	9	9	9	8	8	12

	Monday 04					Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thu
	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	Waihau Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.6 N
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	9	9	11	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	10
Energy(?)	446	110	164	931	861	240	314	357	3	5	5	10	16	23	25	36	47	48	64	67	396	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			2:34PM 1.44				2:13AM 1.32					3:29PM 1.48				3:39AM 1.45				4:22PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10AM 0.41				8:06PM 0.43					9:04AM 0.42				9:34PM 0.55				9:54AM 0.40				10:29PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	12	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	11	13	13	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	9	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	10	8	8	7	7	9	12	13	11	9	8
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.6 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	11	11	9	11	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	10	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NE
Period (s)	15	10	13	20	18	16	11	10	-	-	-	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	-	-	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	1.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	-

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05
	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	Waihau Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.7 E	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	5
Energy(?)	176	126	126	1128	1092	110	1006	999	6	6	7	7	7	3	3	3	245	240	3	3	353	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								1:57PM 1.35	2:36PM 1.47												2:43AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			8:11AM 0.41												8:40PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	8	9	9	9	12	10	9	12	10	9	7	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	9	13	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	5	5	16	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 E	-	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	14	-	10	-	21	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	16	16	11	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	-	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	1.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	11	-