Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Arawhata today (21 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 5PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (21 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
| Evening (21 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Arawhata. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Tue morning, fresh winds from the N by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 528 | 520 | 512 | 711 | 286 | 299 | 389 | 537 | 443 | 345 | 222 | 132 | 140 | 277 | 530 | 850 | 902 | 888 | 1026 | 630 | 504 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:43PM2.70m | 3:05AM2.68m | 3:37PM2.56m | 4:06AM2.53m | 4:49PM2.49m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:37AM0.74m | 8:58PM0.93m | 9:25AM0.89m | 9:56PM1.08m | 10:23AM1.02m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | | | |
 | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | NNW 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 528 | 520 | 512 | 10 | 286 | 196 | 149 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 132 | 82 | 277 | 530 | 850 | 902 | 888 | 1026 | 630 | 504 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | — | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 51 | 50 | 63 | 57 | 112 | 140 | 45 | 31 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 55 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 11 | WSW 19 | WSW 19 | S 13 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | N 8 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | N 8 | N 7 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 11 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 4 | WSW 13 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 3 | — | W 5 | W 6 |
| kJ | — | — | 6 | 711 | 209 | 299 | 389 | 537 | 443 | 345 | 222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 83 | 89 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 50 | 93 | 109 | 60 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 60 | 97 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 97 | 97 | 90 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Arawhata surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest