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Arataki surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
20.6° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Arataki today?
The current surf forecast for Arataki at 2AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Arataki. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1171 | 1060 | 678 | 508 | 471 | 450 | 362 | 354 | 388 | 349 | 220 | 215 | 153 | 80 | 55 | 58 | 65 | 77 | 64 | 50 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 35 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:47AM 1.74 | 1:26PM 1.83 | 1:43AM 1.66 | 2:17PM 1.75 | 2:41AM 1.60 | 3:08PM 1.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:50AM 0.28 | 7:36PM 0.33 | 7:43AM 0.36 | 8:29PM 0.33 | 8:39AM 0.41 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
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