Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 7AM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.4
NE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)12121616151514131312121212121111666109996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49735954211751088978754591490377294236186132898613749393357577854
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
WNW
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NNE
10
E
10
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
1.48
7:23AM
1.50
7:48PM
1.49
8:09AM
1.48
8:33PM
1.50
8:54AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.19
1:40PM
0.17
2:04AM
0.20
2:26PM
0.19
2:51AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.21
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:26-------7:28-------7:28---
Sunset-------7:01-------7:00------6:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121211101318181715141313172018171514131416181918
Feels °C (?)11111091216161713131312171816171413121316161817
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