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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	Sat		Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Maraenui East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape
Rating	1	2	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.9 N	0.8 NNE	2.3 ENE	0.8 N	3.0 N	4.0 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NW	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 NE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	11	11	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	16	11
Energy(?)	196	241	220	130	93	513	159	2106	3529	2106	3157	1467	826	151	186	306	214	216	254	114	312	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 1.91		1:22PM 1.69	1:53AM 1.93		2:18PM 2.06	2:15AM 1.46		3:12PM 2.06	3:55AM 1.66		4:12PM 1.71		4:57AM 1.73	5:17PM 2.11		5:57AM 1.80	6:14PM 1.77		6:54AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:12PM 0.52	7:15AM 0.57		7:59PM 0.49	8:10AM 0.63		8:03PM 0.17	9:10AM 0.66		9:37PM 0.19	10:03AM 0.33		10:33PM 0.14	11:07AM 0.30		11:33PM 0.10	12:09PM 0.26		12:34AM 0.06		1:10PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	4	2	11	15	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	19	17	17	18	20	21	22	20	22	25	20	24	22	18	23	23	19	23	22
Low °C	16	15	19	19	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	21	23	19	22	21	18	22	22	18	22	22
Chill °C (?)	17	15	20	19	17	16	17	20	21	22	20	22	25	20	24	22	18	23	23	19	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.9 N	0.8 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 N	3.0 N	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	3.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	0.4 SSE	1.3 N	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	13	8	11	8	8	10	9	8	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 NW	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 E	0.6 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	11	12	8	-	8	11	8	10	7	8	10	11	10	7	8	8	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	-	4.0 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 N	-	2.2 NE	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	7	4	-	11	9	10	-	9	-	-	8	8	-	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 27			Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tuesday 30
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Maraenui East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Maraenui East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	2	2	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.4 NNW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.3 ENE	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	1.4 ENE	0.8 NE	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.0 N	1.8 NNE	3.0 N	4.0 N	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	11	11	11
Energy(?)	253	267	242	177	242	250	220	14	161	137	107	93	82	238	125	576	606	281	467	2106	3629	2079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								12:47PM 1.50	1:31PM 2.06				1:56AM 1.57				2:14PM 1.65				2:54AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 0.52				7:15AM 0.57				7:49PM 0.26				8:04AM 0.34				8:41PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	5	6	10	6	6	2	1
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	15	16	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	17	16	17	18	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	16	14	16	19	19	19	18	17	16	14	14	16	14	16	18	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.4 NNW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.7 NNE	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.8 NE	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.8 NNE	3.0 N	4.0 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	7	7	7	-	-	7	-

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Maraenui East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Maraenui East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	2	2	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNE	1.3 NW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNE	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.2 ENE	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.2 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 N
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	206	481	328	206	327	288	288	15	310	310	177	177	177	198	169	235	225	159	159	160	225	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)													1:02AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 0.52												7:10AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	16	15	15	15	17	14	14	16	16	15	16	15	14	16	16	17	18	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNE	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.2 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N
Period (s)	13	7	7	8	12	12	12	6	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-