Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Arataki today (10 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Arataki at 3AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (10 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (10 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Arataki. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 9 | Saturday 10 | Sunday 11 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 91 | 88 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 46 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 52 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:13PM1.69m | 7:43AM1.63m | 8:02PM1.68m | 8:34AM1.68m | 8:48PM1.66m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:23AM0.19m | 1:40PM0.23m | 2:14AM0.15m | 2:32PM0.21m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | | | | | | |  | | | | |  | |  |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:27 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 |
| kJ | 91 | 88 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 46 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 52 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | N 3 | N 4 | N 4 | N 4 | N 5 | N 5 |
| kJ | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | — | N 10 | — | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SE 2 | ESE 3 | — | — | — | — | N 3 | N 3 | N 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | — | — | NNW 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 17 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 50 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
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