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Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 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
19.9° 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 12AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.8
E
2.3
E
3
E
3.5
E
4.5
ENE
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777771515788910111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236256242225252238220211275272340604120418884594172413751167961726641500407383
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
5
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffglassoffoffoffglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
1.37
8:19AM
1.51
8:38PM
1.38
9:02AM
1.52
9:23PM
1.40
9:46AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.23
2:42PM
0.24
2:50AM
0.21
3:26PM
0.22
3:35AM
0.20
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:36------
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-11114151595562---------
Temp. °C171616161616161616161717181819232625201817172224
Feels °C (?)151414151515151515141514151721252726211817172324
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