Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Arawhata today (06 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 5AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 05). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (06 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (06 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Arawhata. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Mon morning, light winds from the E by Mon night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 11 | W 12 | W 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 865 | 1320 | 1280 | 2431 | 2362 | 2536 | 3369 | 3309 | 3309 | 3001 | 2850 | 2580 | 2034 | 1626 | 1447 | 1227 | 921 | 871 | 1612 | 1145 | 946 | 871 | 887 | 1016 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:15AM3.05m | 1:43PM2.84m | 1:59AM2.97m | 2:30PM2.77m | 2:47AM2.88m | 3:21PM2.72m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:10PM0.69m | 7:39AM0.68m | 7:54PM0.76m | 8:23AM0.71m | 8:43PM0.84m | 9:11AM0.75m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  | |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:15 | — |
mm | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 11 | W 12 | W 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 865 | 1320 | 1280 | 2431 | 2362 | 2536 | 3369 | 3309 | 3309 | 3001 | 2850 | 2580 | 2034 | 1626 | 1447 | 1227 | 921 | 752 | 501 | 532 | 406 | 394 | 376 | 423 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | SSE 9 | N 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | WSW 20 | SW 19 | WSW 18 |
| kJ | 505 | 392 | 849 | 94 | 131 | 138 | 851 | 699 | 586 | 477 | 427 | 256 | 181 | 110 | 62 | 47 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 95 | 126 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 8 | N 8 | NNW 7 | — | — | — | N 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 21 | — | N 8 | — | — |
| kJ | 94 | 63 | 67 | — | — | — | 412 | 586 | 422 | 309 | 159 | 75 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 3 | E 4 | SE 5 | SSE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | — | — | — | — | SSE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 12 | 126 | 595 | 1011 | 1530 | — | — | — | — | 82 | 39 | 23 | 42 | 110 | 247 | 871 | 1612 | 1145 | 946 | 871 | 887 | 1016 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 3 | 120 | 190 | 202 | 265 | 199 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 150 | 150 |
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