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Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 01 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
17.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 1AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (02 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (02 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
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)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.8
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)8888777141414131313121167777771111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35346040329419112196103133123120172202222247263407573545400297230227215
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
3.02
9:29AM
3.24
9:51PM
3.15
10:20AM
3.40
10:44PM
3.25
11:09AM
3.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.62
3:12AM
0.48
3:43PM
0.46
4:06AM
0.36
4:34PM
0.34
4:56AM
0.27
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:03--
Sunset-8:53-------8:53-------8:54------
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--------------1--------
Temp. °C181817171616171818171716151517171717151514141617
Feels °C (?)16161516151515151616151412121311111199881112
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