Aropaonui Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.28° S 177.00° E

Aropaonui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Aropaonui sea temperature is
12.9° C
1.2° 

Aropaonui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 1AM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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3
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
SSE
11
5
SSE
11
4.5
SSE
10
4.5
SSE
10
4.5
SSE
10
4
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.9
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5608
5025
4649
4739
4120
3468
2510
2066
1625
1363
1390
1156
1131
646
632
519
612
461
294
294
237
231
202
197
Wind (km/h)
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
12:24PM1.45m
00:45AM1.48m
1:18PM1.51m
1:41AM1.50m
2:15PM1.57m
2:40AM1.53m
Low Tide
6:38PM0.23m
7:04AM0.17m
7:33PM0.20m
7:58AM0.13m
8:31PM0.16m
8:54AM0.09m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:30
7:30
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:02
5:04
5:04
5:05
 mm
5
4
4
3
5
3
1
1
Temp °C
10
10
10
10
9
9
8
9
9
8
8
7
7
7
8
10
10
8
8
8
8
8
7
10
Feels °C
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
4
8
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