Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 Feb 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
20.4° 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 10PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)--
Afternoon (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)11101098877887777771010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)493308183127886039387292117161706474807878208208204171171122
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
E
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
WSW
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
0
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassoffglassonononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.58
11:52AM
1.56
12:22AM
1.59
12:47PM
1.54
1:18AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.12
6:11PM
0.10
6:42AM
0.13
7:04PM
0.11
7:38AM
0.15
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:48-------6:50--
Sunset-8:01-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181613131212192321171714151517191918151615152227
Feels °C (?)161512121111192019161713151518181717151615152225
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