Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 3AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111111110101414141414131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1471811671271251117977704747473023355153629996140470268146
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:41---
Sunset------5:44-------5:42-------5:40-
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C151513111519201614151617171919151210111015202118
Feels °C (?)1212119121618141211131415131310978713181915
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