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Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 4AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)777777777887612121313771212121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2412772512512222042221753796665573632252472642862863263349549028007111460
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
W
30
WSW
25
W
30
W
35
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
10
W
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
3.05
2:08PM
3.15
2:33AM
2.90
2:51PM
2.96
3:17AM
2.75
3:36PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.45
7:58AM
0.52
8:30PM
0.56
8:43AM
0.68
9:13PM
0.69
9:30AM
0.85
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:05-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset-------8:53-------8:53-------8:53
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716161718181717171717181918181717171718191919
Feels °C (?)161513131516141515151513151614161515171617171617
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