Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 03 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
15.5° 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 7PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 03). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)--
Afternoon (03 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (03 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.7
WNW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
1.4
SSE
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)161617171515161515151111111112111111101010101010996141414131313131314131313131313131313131313131313131312212120201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4015196076244124234473685254259671589191519972058181914921405144112421040928790614478419442417374326281295334309306241223226210207209212220179172161155148141139116838064143127189233292478
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
20
E
20
NE
10
ENE
25
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
40
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
E
15
SE
25
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
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-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30PM
2.54
3:53AM
2.58
4:29PM
2.48
4:55AM
2.51
5:42PM
2.49
6:03AM
2.51
6:50PM
2.58
7:05AM
2.57
7:41PM
2.72
7:57AM
2.67
8:24PM
2.86
8:42AM
2.80
9:03PM
3.01
9:23AM
2.92
9:40PM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
1.05
10:15AM
0.95
10:46PM
1.11
11:18AM
0.98
11:58PM
1.11
12:27PM
0.96
1:04AM
1.05
1:24PM
0.89
1:54AM
0.94
2:11PM
0.79
2:36AM
0.83
2:53PM
0.70
3:15AM
0.73
3:32PM
0.60
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
Sunrise------7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset5:12-------5:12-------5:13-------5:14-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15---
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Rain (mm)
2033--1353535531111-------------------------------------1-----
Temp. °C17141515161717171616161615151515141313121211111313121199889101010101091011121110888810121212121212111213131213
Feels °C (?)12111214121211129111212121314131077765688662321345555335664112379991010108101111910
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