Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 1AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131313131313131313121212912121212111113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)915808796711572563486382382326286238206152147118423560144174151146114
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
0
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
3.19
10:48AM
3.25
11:07PM
3.23
11:22AM
3.23
11:40PM
3.23
11:54AM
3.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
0.25
4:42AM
0.27
5:00PM
0.20
5:17AM
0.28
5:35PM
0.22
5:51AM
0.35
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------7:39-------7:39-------7:41-
Sunset-7:17-------7:16-------7:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515151515151616161515151517181817171716161718
Feels °C (?)111111121314151615161515141315151615151614141515
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