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Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
16.2° 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 10AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (22 Nov)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (22 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
3
4
4
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313141514141414141413131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)837824950128312081130982969862799662581649563555444437358347336330325325378
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
0
N
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
5
NW
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
3.14
11:57PM
2.97
12:13PM
3.11
12:33AM
2.92
12:50PM
3.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.52
5:52PM
0.65
6:08AM
0.59
6:28PM
0.72
6:45AM
0.67
7:08PM
0.81
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise-5:56-------5:54-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:25-------8:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C151516161615141414141616161514141313151616161515
Feels °C (?)141415141414131314141514141110111011121316131314
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