Arataki surf break

Arataki surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
14.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arataki today?

The current surf forecast for Arataki at 7PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (19 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)999910101010101010101010101010101010101094
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)202020111211111515141221232322201111111010151821
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
ENE
0
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
1.66
2:13AM
1.70
2:50PM
1.67
3:13AM
1.69
3:54PM
1.69
4:16AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.16
7:55PM
0.32
8:26AM
0.20
8:58PM
0.35
9:26AM
0.24
10:02PM
0.37
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------
Sunset--5:16-------5:17-------5:19-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C7121311109889121311987681113109877
Feels °C (?)49998766791196543581086433
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bay of Plenty

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Arataki (light winds from the SSW at Tauranga Airport Automatic Weather Station 1 km from Arataki). 0.4m 9s swell from the E with a 0.1m 10s swell from the NE and a 0.1m 7s swell from the NNW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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SSW
Offshore
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