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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	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.7 SE	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	0.5 NNW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	6	6	6	6	8	10	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	12	8
Energy(?)	172	214	235	138	222	239	275	1005	989	2579	2310	1183	1738	1387	1252	912	728	181	1201	375	147	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:11AM 1.46	4:23PM 1.43		5:04AM 1.46	5:10PM 1.83		5:26AM 1.41	5:26PM 1.31		6:15AM 1.45	6:15PM 1.34		7:34AM 2.00		7:38PM 1.95	8:13AM 1.69		8:22PM 1.98	8:52AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		9:49PM 0.72	10:16AM 0.56		10:37PM 0.43	11:11AM 0.54		11:42PM 0.69	11:38AM 0.43		11:51PM 0.44	12:29PM 0.38		12:26AM 0.28		1:45PM 0.60	1:57AM 0.47		2:31PM 0.51	2:40AM 0.41		2:36PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	4	4	9	9	14	3	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	22	21	21	21	19	19	18	15	19	20	17	22	22	17	21	21	18	21	21
Low °C	22	20	21	21	21	21	19	18	17	16	13	19	20	14	19	22	15	20	21	16	20	21
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	22	21	21	21	18	18	18	15	19	20	17	22	22	17	21	21	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.6 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	16	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	11	10	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.5 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 N	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	15	6	14	13	13	6	7	12	12	9	11	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 E	1.4 NE	-	0.5 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	-	7	5	3	7	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	-

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.5 N	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	214	151	129	103	222	258	264	241	138	170	218	107	111	270	239	245	275	221	553	1005	1006	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:17PM 1.81					4:09AM 1.44			3:58PM 1.32					4:18AM 1.35				5:16PM 1.41				5:11AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 0.44					10:27AM 0.82				10:11PM 0.39				11:19AM 0.80				11:42PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	6	1	1	2	5	4	5	3	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	19	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	19	19	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.3 NE	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	6	10	9	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 N	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	10	16	15	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	13	9	9	13	6	6	6	6	7	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	-	-	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	-	-	1.4 NE	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	0.6 W	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	6	5	-	3	-	6	7	4	9

	Thursday 12										Friday 13
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	1.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	12	5	10	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	229	220	172	182	153	152	159	199	50	100	154	99	119	90	232	236	230	258	249	249	254	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																4:12AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)									9:20PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	22	22	23	22	23	22	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	22	23	22	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	16	6	6	5	9	9	6	9	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	16	10	12	12	12	12	10	16	6	10	10	5	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6