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Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Aropaonui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Aropaonui sea temperature is
19.9° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 3AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (22 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (22 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
2
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
4
ENE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)77889910111010101010109999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)247385657903138015593503156912219527346374803993212662222111731431431068079
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.38
9:02AM
1.52
9:23PM
1.40
9:46AM
1.53
10:09PM
1.42
10:31AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.21
3:26PM
0.22
3:35AM
0.20
4:10PM
0.19
4:22AM
0.19
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset-8:37-------8:36-------8:35------
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111110161331-----------------
Temp. °C151617171717192626242018171722252723191817151618
Feels °C (?)121315141619202727252119171721232421161614101114
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