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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East Cape Wavefinder

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	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	0.8 S
Period(s)	9	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	9	12	11	10	10	11	10	14	13	13	12	8	8	14
Energy	76	54	89	123	166	253	275	289	459	933	667	698	523	565	520	1259	899	349	1241	637	374	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:03PM 1.78	10:00AM 1.78		9:59PM 1.75	10:55AM 2.15		11:31PM 1.84	11:23AM 1.53		12:33AM 2.14		12:57PM 1.59	1:27AM 2.07		1:58PM 1.54	2:02AM 1.58		2:32PM 1.44	2:56AM 1.54		3:26PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		3:57AM 0.09	4:22PM 0.38		5:00AM 0.57	5:10PM 0.08		5:18AM 0.08	5:35PM 0.11	6:09PM 0.52	6:14AM 0.12		7:07PM 0.60	7:46AM 0.25		7:28PM 0.47	8:03AM 0.20		8:28PM 0.48	8:54AM 0.23		9:25PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	16	11	16	16	14	17	17	16	15	17	14	15	16	14	17	17	17	16	17	16
Low °C	9	14	15	11	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	16	15	10	16	16	13	17	17	16	15	17	13	14	16	14	17	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.1 N	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 S	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	9	10	11	10	9	12	11	10	10	11	7	14	13	10	10	12	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 SSE	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	9	7	9	11	11	11	9	12	11	13	10	10	7	8	10	10	13	7	10	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 SE	-	1.5 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	10	4	-	-	12	8	8	-

	Wed	Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	75	76	49	56	54	68	89	105	85	123	150	137	166	107	253	217	281	275	382	239	289	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:03PM 1.78				9:28AM 1.64				9:59PM 1.75				10:25AM 1.59				11:31PM 1.84				11:23AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				3:25AM 0.03				4:22PM 0.38				5:00AM 0.57				5:10PM 0.08				5:18AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	10	9	14	16	16	15	11	11	14	13	14	15	16	13	13	13	15	12	13	17
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	8	14	15	15	15	10	10	14	13	14	15	16	12	12	12	15	12	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 NE	0.4 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	6	4	4	9	12	7	7	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	8	7	7	7
Energy	104	75	75	75	76	76	76	50	49	51	46	56	44	40	54	61	69	68	43	75	89	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:03PM 1.78												9:39AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)										3:25AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	14	16	14	16	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	14	15	13	15	17	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	8	7	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	8	12	12	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	6	6	4	-	-	-