Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 2PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
!
0
!
!
!
!
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!
!
!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.6
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)67877510967888899910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2131323155382522152492596647108712991305121812361417148414931476136313911854
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassonglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
1.61
4:41PM
1.49
5:12AM
1.61
5:38PM
1.50
6:07AM
1.61
6:32PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
0.15
10:53PM
0.12
11:32AM
0.14
11:50PM
0.12
12:27PM
0.13
12:45AM
0.12
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----7:53-------7:52-------7:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1211221----11---
Temp. °C11111821181816151089111310101091012141514139
Feels °C (?)101018191819161363557444346810995
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