Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Arataki today (25 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Arataki at 3AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (25 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
| Evening (25 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Arataki. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri night, min 4°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | ||||||||||||||||
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) | N 6 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | N 7 | N 8 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 91 | 180 | 176 | 163 | 127 | 125 | 121 | 88 | 62 | 58 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 13 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:30AM1.55m | 4:21PM1.54m | 4:23AM1.51m | 5:19PM1.56m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:25PM0.49m | 9:51AM0.40m | 10:21PM0.52m | 10:46AM0.41m | |||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  |  |  | |  | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
Feels °C | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | N 7 | N 8 | NNW 8 | N 8 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | 83 | 85 | 114 | 78 | 127 | 115 | 107 | 51 | 62 | 58 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ENE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | NNW 8 | N 9 | N 8 | N 9 | N 8 | N 7 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 50 | 125 | 125 | 121 | 88 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | NE 9 | NE 8 | E 8 | NNW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 5 | N 8 | — | — | NNW 7 | N 7 | N 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 | — | — | — | SE 3 |
| kJ | 91 | 180 | 176 | 163 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 115 | 91 | 74 | 32 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 192 | 185 | 185 | 18 | 50 | 185 | 192 | 184 | 55 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 92 |
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