Arataki 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.66° S 176.21° E

Issued: 12 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Arataki sea temperature is

16.7°C

Arataki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Arataki today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Arataki at 6AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	4s
Evening (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 1								Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	7	16	20	16	16	38	62	34	23	18	28	38	54	64	92	82	62	52	42	48	68	72	78	107
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	SSE	E	NE	NE	NE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross-on	on	on	on	glassy
High Tide	00:27AM1.79m					1:07PM1.79m				1:20AM1.73m				2:05PM1.76m				2:18AM1.66m				3:03PM1.73m
Low Tide			6:34AM0.15m					7:10PM0.31m				7:28AM0.19m				8:11PM0.33m				8:24AM0.25m				9:12PM0.32m


	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:50	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	13	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	16	17	17	16	15
Feels °C	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	13	15	15	15	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 7	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 12	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 13	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 12	N 13	NNE 7
kJ	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	16	16	15	14	52	42	48	68	12	13	107
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	N 17	N 16	NE 13	NE 12	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13	—	N 11	NE 11	NE 9	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 12	NE 11	N 11	N 13
kJ	7	7	6	5	6	6	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	—	2	5	3	13	13	13	12	5	2	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 18	NE 13	NE 13	N 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 16	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 11	E 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	—	—	E 15
kJ	1	6	7	7	2	6	6	6	5	2	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	—	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	NNE 6	—
kJ	6	16	20	16	16	38	62	34	23	18	28	38	54	64	92	82	62	—	—	—	—	72	78	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Whatipu Auckland	Mohaka River Mouth Hawkes Bay	Whatipu Auckland	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Piha North Auckland	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Waihua Hawkes Bay	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Mohaka River Mouth Hawkes Bay	Taits Beach (Waikari River) Hawkes Bay	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Maketu Bar Bay of Plenty	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1
Distance (km)	123	123	123	165	185	165	123	123	174	23	23	185	144	185	185	123	28	0	0	25	123	123	123	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Bay of Plenty										Kaituna Cut	Kaituna Cut						Bowentown Bar	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Maketu Bar				Ohiwa-Port Ohope
Rating (10 max)										1	1						1	1	1	1				1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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