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Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 8AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (21 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (21 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131313131313131415141414141414131313138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1120126611881190965950950837837824965130111451130982969862799662659734520486506
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
SE
0
W
5
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
3.13
11:22PM
2.99
11:39AM
3.14
11:57PM
2.97
12:13PM
3.11
12:33AM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
0.47
5:17PM
0.60
5:33AM
0.52
5:52PM
0.65
6:08AM
0.59
6:28PM
0.72
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:24-------8:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416161616151515151616161514141414161616151414
Feels °C (?)131314131314141414151514141413141514151413111111
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