Arataki surf break

Arataki surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Arataki today?

The current surf forecast for Arataki at 6AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)19s
Evening (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)19s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.9
NNW
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.7
N
1.1
N
Period(s) (?)111111777191919191817171718185151515161655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)999888292929282624232424253717394019202562
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
5
SW
0
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
1.52
5:05PM
1.60
5:28AM
1.50
6:01PM
1.58
6:26AM
1.51
6:51PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
0.37
10:31AM
0.36
11:12PM
0.35
11:32AM
0.36
12:07AM
0.31
12:27PM
0.34
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:28-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset-------7:32-------7:34-------7:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1312910141515141311109131717161312111115181918
Feels °C (?)99681312111111987111413141111101012141514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bay of Plenty

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Arataki (calm at Tauranga Airport 1 km from Arataki). 0.3m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.1m 10s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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