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Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 23 Jan 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
18.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 11PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)--
Afternoon (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (23 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111178910111314131313131313121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)964112161013213131544563058430108241050293747627740063775824579763164902412136183076239718961591
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
45
WNW
55
WNW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28PM
3.28
1:53AM
3.07
2:08PM
3.18
2:36AM
2.98
2:53PM
3.06
3:25AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.47
8:05AM
0.54
8:32PM
0.53
8:51AM
0.67
9:18PM
0.63
9:43AM
0.80
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:24-------6:26--
Sunset-8:49-------8:47-------8:46------
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Rain (mm)
212225731112221111122211
Temp. °C181817151414151616161616161616161616161616171718
Feels °C (?)14141164578889109108889101011141415
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