Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
2
S
2
SW
2.4
WSW
2.1
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)121211111110101012991212121266771211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)579467427281234178151120103756174101131167308297502465422447439634622
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSW
35
WSW
35
W
20
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
2.45
4:45PM
2.36
5:19AM
2.51
5:51PM
2.44
6:18AM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
1.15
10:29AM
1.17
10:57PM
1.11
11:43AM
1.04
12:06AM
0.95
12:42PM
0.81
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:50---
Sunset-------6:01-------6:00------5:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------910131121---2243
Temp. °C161716161717181819191917171818181818181819191817
Feels °C (?)121414141515161617171915141413131313161515131211
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