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Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 5PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.5
SE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.3
ENE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)88161614121111101312116101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5324877100386314227133256225155115106100969694926563436142
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
20
ESE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
20
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
S
10
E
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offglassoffglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
1.40
2:11AM
1.38
2:29PM
1.36
2:59AM
1.37
3:17PM
1.33
3:46AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.26
8:21AM
0.33
8:43PM
0.30
9:10AM
0.36
9:28PM
0.32
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------5:58-------6:00-------6:01
Sunset---8:40-------8:39-------8:39----
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222420171616151520252727221818171922181816161615
Feels °C (?)212317151616141519232424211917161821161716171615
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