Surf Forecast Surf Report
Hicks Bay surf break

Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 Feb 2025 NZDT
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Hicks Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hicks Bay sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 9AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

Table - waves today at Hicks Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.9
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2.1
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.9
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121213121212121211161616151515151515151414141414141414141410101010999141313141312121212121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)181181178178178173121117115115113276251299361355343320341263254234228292288288225222215204258198198198198195192143156150141160126152148437965124314691363125812171082961851506447431382354
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
0
ESE
0
S
0
S
5
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
5
SW
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNW
0
WNW
0
N
0
SW
0
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
1.84
1:34PM
1.83
2:14AM
1.84
2:20PM
1.81
3:06AM
1.84
3:13PM
1.82
4:07AM
1.85
4:12PM
1.86
5:10AM
1.90
5:12PM
1.91
6:06AM
1.99
6:08PM
1.97
6:55AM
2.09
7:00PM
2.02
7:39AM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
0.73
7:57PM
0.64
8:30AM
0.78
8:45PM
0.70
9:27AM
0.81
9:43PM
0.72
10:23AM
0.79
10:45PM
0.70
11:18AM
0.75
11:42PM
0.62
12:13PM
0.68
12:32AM
0.52
1:07PM
0.58
1:20AM
0.43
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48--
Sunset-----7:58-------7:57-------7:54-------7:53-------7:52-------7:51-------7:50------
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