Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 4AM is: 4.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
2.4
SE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)11111111111110101010111010109999999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)244240654908461839893388279324182079256113401440112488977151936729429720218914512074
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
1.75
9:26AM
1.63
9:54PM
1.74
10:22AM
1.59
10:51PM
1.71
11:20AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
0.01
3:42PM
0.02
4:19AM
0.03
4:38PM
0.04
5:16AM
0.06
5:34PM
0.08
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:46-------6:47-------6:48---
Sunset------5:34-------5:31-------5:30-
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
8179521112----111--------
Temp. °C1112111010111210888810121211101010910141311
Feels °C (?)5654455534557910988878121110
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