Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 28 Nov 2025 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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 4AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (28 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (28 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)111111111010101010101099999999999911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1462772242232101621591561531491161111111131091061321061061047979106184
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
SW
0
SSW
5
NE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
E
10
ESE
15
E
10
SSE
10
SW
5
SW
0
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrossglassglassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
1.31
12:06PM
1.44
12:31AM
1.32
12:53PM
1.45
1:22AM
1.36
1:44PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
0.30
6:32PM
0.27
6:42AM
0.28
7:18PM
0.24
7:32AM
0.26
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise---5:41-------5:39-------5:39----
Sunset-------8:17-------8:19-------8:20
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C231918212525262420161516222524211615151522262624
Feels °C (?)231818212423252521161516222322211615151521232321
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