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Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 12PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)91010101010101010999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2932602712343392842341901831401091081345841977456404040404141
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
0
E
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononcross-
off		offglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
1.44
6:44PM
1.38
7:08AM
1.46
7:28PM
1.38
7:51AM
1.48
8:11PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
0.30
12:55AM
0.27
1:26PM
0.29
1:39AM
0.27
2:12PM
0.28
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:45-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:08-------8:10-------8:12--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171724252120181816172224252020191515181717161313
Feels °C (?)181723232120181816182223252021181414171515161313
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