Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 8AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
4
2
2
3
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)1177111817161616161514141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166247206180246329417104211991361124111911187111488612231095907905659734596596512
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
S
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
2.76
4:43PM
2.68
5:38AM
2.68
6:15PM
2.64
7:08AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
0.83
10:31AM
0.98
11:01PM
0.99
11:57AM
1.06
12:36AM
1.01
1:24PM
0.96
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------8:13-------8:10-------8:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------11--12----
Temp. °C161616161818191918181818181919191919191817171716
Feels °C (?)121111131717171717161617161717171819191816151311
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