Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Aramoana Spit today (30 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Aramoana Spit at 10PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (30 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (30 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Aramoana Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 4°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Thu night, near gales from the SSW by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | ENE 11 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 18 | NE 9 | SE 13 | SE 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 228 | 224 | 173 | 167 | 365 | 142 | 117 | 95 | 64 | 62 | 63 | 103 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 253 | 316 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:58PM1.85m | 3:12AM1.79m | 3:33PM1.86m | 3:48AM1.81m | 4:10PM1.86m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:35PM0.27m | 9:53AM0.23m | 10:14PM0.29m | 10:36AM0.24m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  |  | |  |  |  | | | |  |  | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -3 | -7 | -9 | -7 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 11 | E 11 | SE 14 | ENE 11 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
| kJ | 228 | 224 | 173 | 167 | 178 | 142 | 117 | 95 | 50 | 62 | 63 | 103 | 37 | 3301 | 2366 | 1857 | 1360 | 833 | 539 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | S 14 | NE 5 | S 14 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | E 11 | S 14 | ENE 8 | SE 15 | E 11 | — | ENE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | SE 13 | SE 13 |
| kJ | 150 | 148 | 23 | 94 | 128 | 126 | 97 | 91 | 136 | 23 | 57 | 58 | — | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 253 | 316 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 20 | ENE 5 | S 14 | S 18 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | E 11 | SE 15 | ENE 8 | — | — | — | ENE 9 | E 18 | S 20 | NE 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | 8 | 17 | 103 | 6 | 92 | 90 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 59 | 12 | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 7 | — | NW 2 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | S 8 | S 12 | S 13 | SSE 12 | S 12 | S 11 | — | SW 10 | — | W 3 |
| kJ | 10 | 38 | 57 | 43 | 365 | — | 1 | 38 | 62 | 1157 | 5151 | 6056 | 4451 | 5288 | 4271 | — | 898 | — | 7 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 41 | 295 | 427 | 253 | 253 | 12 | 52 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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