Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 8AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)111010101011111099998977121211109988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19320616010611090554664654041233948351691691127141241313
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
N
5
SE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
E
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.44
8:34AM
1.56
8:58PM
1.49
9:21AM
1.57
9:46PM
1.52
10:09AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.16
2:56PM
0.15
3:12AM
0.14
3:43PM
0.12
4:03AM
0.12
4:30PM
0.10
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:46----
Sunset-------8:07-------8:05-------8:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202015122024262418131110161818181515141218242522
Feels °C (?)1719141018232522151098151515171414131116222320
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