Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Aramoana Spit today (18 Oct):
The current surf forecast for Aramoana Spit at 2AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 |
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 kJ | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:43PM1.47m | 9:02AM1.57m | 9:35PM1.48m | 9:51AM1.57m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:44PM0.40m | 3:02AM0.37m | 3:36PM0.41m | 3:51AM0.38m | 4:29PM0.40m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 8 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 |
| kJ | 839 | 177 | 865 | 749 | 757 | 792 | 888 | 875 | 928 | 956 | 1099 | 974 | 946 | 918 | 929 | 849 | 704 | 599 | 607 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | S 13 | E 7 | E 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 10 | 404 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 402 | 366 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | ESE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1220 | 1633 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 130 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 49 |
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