Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 21 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 6AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.1
SSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.3
S
0.7
S
1.1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)99699798101011109998856714121110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6565894140489480125947978432523121243423736143295194
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
0
SE
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
0
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffglassoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58PM
1.49
9:21AM
1.57
9:46PM
1.52
10:09AM
1.58
10:36PM
1.56
11:00AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
0.14
3:43PM
0.12
4:03AM
0.12
4:30PM
0.10
4:54AM
0.12
5:20PM
0.10
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:45-------6:46-------6:47----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:04-------8:01
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181411111619191815141211172325231613121117191918
Feels °C (?)141199141617171413101015212422141111916171717
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