Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 2PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
1
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)6666666867877554678888910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11412210688756228202143323142412735221357431653943118813681618
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NW
0
ENE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
1.60
3:43PM
1.50
4:15AM
1.61
4:41PM
1.49
5:12AM
1.61
5:38PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
0.16
9:55PM
0.13
10:34AM
0.15
10:53PM
0.12
11:32AM
0.14
11:50PM
0.12
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----7:54-------7:53-------7:52--
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1---------------121111--
Temp. °C14141516161614131312182119181715119101513131110
Feels °C (?)1313141514141312121118191918161185697755
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