Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 02 Dec 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
18.3° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 5AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 02). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (02 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (02 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111101011119991010101067788888101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119873265038645845848440232926722920812218131763594319831711952634674688660
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
30
N
30
NNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
35
SE
50
SSE
55
SSE
45
S
25
S
25
SE
20
SSE
15
S
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
2.94
7:49AM
2.92
8:03PM
3.06
8:48AM
3.12
9:03PM
3.18
9:40AM
3.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.50
2:01PM
0.55
2:30AM
0.35
3:00PM
0.39
3:24AM
0.23
3:53PM
0.26
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise---5:52-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset-------8:35-------8:36-------8:37
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---1-----14222373131----
Temp. °C171717171717171716161515161717161414141415161616
Feels °C (?)1212131515151515151511111314151054699111312
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