Snow-ForecastSnow-ForecastMountain-ForecastMountain-ForecastTide-ForecastTide-ForecastWeather-ForecastWeather-Forecast
Search by country, region, or break
Search by country, region, or break

Quick Links

Surf Forecasts:

Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.9° C
 (Which is 1.9°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: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)777668871087777777881817161513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8881775101071210998888658234567206
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
ENE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
SW
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossonononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
1.53
12:32AM
1.43
12:52PM
1.46
1:22AM
1.40
1:40PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
0.17
6:25PM
0.16
6:43AM
0.24
7:11PM
0.21
7:33AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.26
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:40-------8:40-------8:40--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171826293128242019212932332925222223211718171615
Feels °C (?)171725273028241817182627292622181820191515151515
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

The World’s Most Inconsistent Waves
Ben Mondy

The World’s Most Inconsistent Waves

Huntington, Dribbleton, Virginia, Holland and the Superbank! We recently had a look at the world’s most consistent waves. This was based on the combination of swells and wind directed at 7,000 surf spots, as compiled from our data since 2006. Those stats, represented in easy-to-read graphics, are located under each wave’s spot guides, with historical swell and wind breakdowns available by month, season, and year. There is also an offshore filter, which shows how often the swells come with clean

Read more

Read more

Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Aropaonui surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

View detailed surf forecast for Aropaonui at:
surf-forecast.com

Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest