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Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 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
19.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 10AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)131312778888777788777666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)447373320352531694845859620504456590655821827537400297246266290361408299
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
2.97
10:10PM
2.89
10:27AM
3.10
10:48PM
3.00
11:03AM
3.21
11:24PM
3.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.75
4:02PM
0.77
4:19AM
0.63
4:39PM
0.66
4:56AM
0.53
5:15PM
0.57
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:51-------8:51--
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cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151517181817171513131516171715141313151818191815
Feels °C (?)1211121211997546889776781111121310
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