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Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 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
19.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 2PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (20 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
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)
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3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SSE
2.2
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)12111111101010101099999910910999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1446167316821576145312751508895614577564515430406433442390398321314272272211211
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
0
W
5
NW
0
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
0
ESE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
1.56
7:43PM
1.54
8:07AM
1.59
8:33PM
1.60
8:58AM
1.61
9:25PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
0.15
1:36PM
0.12
1:58AM
0.11
2:26PM
0.08
2:51AM
0.08
3:16PM
0.06
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:22-------7:21--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141416191817131110101416161513121111141716151515
Feels °C (?)121213161614119881314131413111011141614141515
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