Arataki surf break

Arataki surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arataki today?

The current surf forecast for Arataki at 6AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999996767767778888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)151151161165176237274385255383329317326361527590657694697697871119014051974
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
20
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
1.67
10:33AM
1.61
10:59PM
1.65
11:14AM
1.59
11:39PM
1.63
11:53AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
0.21
4:42PM
0.14
5:01AM
0.25
5:19PM
0.19
5:41AM
0.31
5:56PM
0.26
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:04-------7:01-------7:00
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------111-11----123386
Temp. °C161615151618191818181715151819181717171717171717
Feels °C (?)161514131415161614141312111315141212131312121312
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