Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Arataki today (24 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Arataki at 5AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (24 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (24 Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Arataki. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||
Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | ||||||||||||||||
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) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 9 | E 9 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 167 | 306 | 210 | 124 | 127 | 125 | 89 | 88 | 63 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 2:41AM1.60m | 3:24PM1.55m | 3:30AM1.55m | 4:21PM1.54m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:29PM0.44m | 8:57AM0.36m | 9:25PM0.49m | 9:51AM0.40m | |||||||||||||
 | | |  |  |  | |  | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 9 | E 9 | E 11 | N 7 | E 11 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | E 11 | E 11 |
| kJ | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 83 | 208 | 85 | 124 | 127 | 124 | 86 | 88 | 63 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | — | — | E 11 | — | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | N 8 | NNW 8 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 85 | — | 78 | 127 | 125 | 89 | 34 | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | — | — | — | E 12 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 12 | NE 9 | E 8 | — | NW 6 | NNW 6 |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | N 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 45 | 167 | 306 | 210 | 21 | 27 | 47 | 77 | 110 | 87 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 123 | 192 | 192 | 179 | 184 | 199 | 192 | 192 | 192 | 185 | 18 | 28 | 185 | 185 | 192 | 212 | 23 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Bay of Plenty | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Arataki surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest