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 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.9 NW	0.3 NNE	0.9 E	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.4 NNE	0.8 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	14	9	16	13	5	15	5	10	10	13	10	13	12	8	9
Energy(?)	99	80	70	48	42	71	27	70	30	57	58	97	114	77	364	269	77	153	138	95	111	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:40PM 2.07	12:11PM 2.15		12:34AM 1.63	12:59PM 2.08		1:23AM 1.95		1:44PM 2.02	2:14AM 1.91		2:30PM 1.97	3:05AM 1.88		3:19PM 1.50		4:01AM 1.48	4:11PM 1.47		4:09AM 1.35	4:24PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		5:55AM 0.51	6:28PM 0.19		6:44AM 0.57		7:23PM 0.52	7:33AM 0.63		8:09PM 0.56	8:24AM 0.69		8:56PM 0.61	8:48AM 0.41		9:37PM 0.39	10:03AM 0.53		10:38PM 0.68	10:17AM 0.42		10:51PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-
High °C	18	24	25	21	25	27	25	31	33	24	25	24	18	19	21	19	24	25	20	21	20	18
Low °C	17	23	24	20	23	26	22	29	30	21	23	24	16	19	21	18	22	24	19	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	24	25	21	25	27	25	31	33	24	25	24	18	19	21	19	24	25	20	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	1.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 S	0.9 NE	0.4 NNE	0.8 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	13	7	7	7	5	12	7	14	8	9	13	13	5	5	10	5	13	10	13	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	7	13	12	8	12	7	10	9	7	9	8	10	14	11	14	10	10	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 NW	0.4 N	0.5 N	1.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.3 NE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NW	0.9 NE	0.4 NW	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	-	4	-	4	2	3	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	-	3	-

	Thu	Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	15	10	9	14
Energy(?)	102	99	63	67	138	80	73	72	81	47	45	46	40	44	71	90	92	70	88	44	51	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:40PM 2.07				12:11PM 2.15				12:31AM 2.01				12:33PM 1.58					1:23AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)				5:52AM 0.17				6:35PM 0.49				6:44AM 0.57					7:15PM 0.25			6:59AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	23	24	25	24	21	21	20	20	24	29	27	26	23	20	20	22	29	31
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	23	24	25	24	21	21	20	20	24	29	27	26	23	20	20	22	29	31
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.4 NE	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	12	8	6	7	6	6	7	12	12	5	5	9	10	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	10	12	8	7	7	7	12	7	10	12	12	12	8	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	4

	Thursday 08	Friday 09
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	8
Energy(?)	102	102	69	68	99	99	99	110	109	109	114	105	104	7	68	70	73	78	72	6	6	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:40PM 2.07													12:06PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)											5:55AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	21	21	22	23	25	25	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	19	21	21	22	23	25	25	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	7	7	4	4	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	13	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	4	3	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	3