Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 04 Dec 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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 7PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (04 Dec)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)9101010101098887771212111111111110101113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34464482810942789267416119196394693765122732182355315125825726196316315751137
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
3.31
9:59PM
3.27
10:30AM
3.45
10:51PM
3.32
11:18AM
3.51
11:42PM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.26
4:16AM
0.16
4:43PM
0.20
5:06AM
0.15
5:33PM
0.22
5:55AM
0.21
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50
Sunset---8:37-------8:37-------8:38----
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C151616161515161616171717161616161817181717171717
Feels °C (?)1213111189111112141415151615161715171617171717
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