Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 Mar 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
19.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 1AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)996699988666666666677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)884983433938595740233135282820202186146171176202181147
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
S
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
N
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
W
10
ESE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49PM
1.50
10:11AM
1.49
10:35PM
1.48
10:56AM
1.44
11:20PM
1.46
11:41AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
0.19
4:28PM
0.19
4:53AM
0.22
5:12PM
0.24
5:38AM
0.26
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-7:45-------7:43-------7:42------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1211---
Temp. °C191815141312182121191514121117201815131212131415
Feels °C (?)181915141211192020191513111016181512111011121313
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