Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 9PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
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0
0
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2
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3
3
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2.4
SSE
3.5
SSE
4.5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.7
SE
2.1
SSE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)10101111111111111110101010101010910999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)100011082840429446564342427538793233256521222561200212931058565739437375304290225202145
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
1.75
9:26AM
1.63
9:54PM
1.74
10:22AM
1.59
10:51PM
1.71
11:20AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
0.01
3:42PM
0.02
4:19AM
0.03
4:38PM
0.04
5:16AM
0.06
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset5:35-------5:34-------5:31-------
light rain
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
4-9146511111-----1111----
Temp. °C11121211101010111210988810121299101091013
Feels °C (?)5874555665545469967886810
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