Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 3PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (19 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
W
0.9
SW
2.1
WNW
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)18177716777777778999991313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2702552902893583854484654704784474834911023179718841556111894822742121212124722472
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
3.44
12:11AM
3.30
12:26PM
3.44
12:48AM
3.29
1:03PM
3.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
0.21
6:05PM
0.21
6:20AM
0.20
6:44PM
0.21
6:59AM
0.27
7:24PM
0.28
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:20-------8:17--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C171717181819171717171818181716161615151616161616
Feels °C (?)13121214131613131312131313108899111212121211
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