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Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
19.4° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Dec) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (18 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Aropaonui. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 10 | 19 | 68 | 235 | 233 | 282 | 277 | 262 | 201 | 162 | 126 | 93 | 66 | 65 | 46 | 48 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 30 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- on | glass | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:09AM 1.41 | 5:27PM 1.34 | 5:53AM 1.43 | 6:12PM 1.35 | 6:38AM 1.46 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:51PM 0.30 | 11:22AM 0.34 | 11:37PM 0.30 | 12:09PM 0.33 | 12:22AM 0.29 | 12:56PM 0.31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
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