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Arataki surf break

Arataki surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Arataki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arataki sea temperature is
22.6° C
 (Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arataki today?

The current surf forecast for Arataki at 1AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (17 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
E
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)667778998888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67809399118125172190182314362381300243202195112102305297291284275326
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffoffoffglassonononcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
1.53
7:26AM
1.61
7:23PM
1.56
8:11AM
1.64
8:11PM
1.60
8:51AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
0.40
1:16PM
0.51
1:36AM
0.37
2:02PM
0.46
2:18AM
0.32
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:11-------6:13--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------11-------------
Temp. °C252419171616192120191715141418212220171716151821
Feels °C (?)252418171615192019181411111114161815121211101216
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