Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 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
17.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 11PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.6
E
1
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
S
1.2
S
1.6
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
Period(s) (?)91077788879999910101011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1036710427273042403774535255872735148401102167021662811355341954100
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
W
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
5
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
1.70
7:36AM
1.64
8:04PM
1.74
8:30AM
1.64
8:59PM
1.75
9:26AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
0.03
1:52PM
0.01
2:26AM
0.01
2:46PM
0.00
3:23AM
0.01
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:35-------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------621-1671-------121
Temp. °C211716151413131616141313131313171813131313111111
Feels °C (?)201515141312121615131211111211151711111010656
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