Arawhata Surf Forecast

/ Taranaki (31 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 17 Nov 2025 NZDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 8AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	NW	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	14	13	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	904	761	595	475	329	247	149	119	76	57	35	78	265	534	1291	1167	1067	936	850	742	660	586	430	343
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	N	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:13PM 2.76				8:43AM 2.77				8:57PM 2.83				9:24AM 2.89				9:36PM 2.89				9:59AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)			2:30AM 0.65				2:53PM 0.70				3:11AM 0.55				3:33PM 0.62				3:48AM 0.49					4:09PM 0.58

		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	16	18	19	19	17	17	16	17	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16
Feels °C (?)	11	10	10	10	12	14	15	17	15	13	12	13	15	15	16	17	17	16	15	13	14	15	16	15

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Arawhata surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.