Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Arawhata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arawhata sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 8AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121313131413131313141313131414131314141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)410471411555607590509458472501472357394463621388472721721731617465451382
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
3.39
12:40PM
3.38
1:06AM
3.30
1:24PM
3.21
1:52AM
3.14
2:16PM
2.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.18
7:01PM
0.19
7:23AM
0.35
7:46PM
0.39
8:14AM
0.58
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:28-------7:28-------7:30---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:32-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514141516171616161616171817171818171717171717
Feels °C (?)121212121415161516151415171817161718161616161617
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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