Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Aropaonui today (30 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 7PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (30 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (30 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Aropaonui. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 14 | SE 14 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 365 | 347 | 256 | 251 | 211 | 230 | 190 | 157 | 154 | 123 | 107 | 105 | 79 | 79 | 49 | 155 | 423 | 786 | 882 | 974 | 1509 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:18PM1.47m | 6:37AM1.35m | 7:01PM1.48m | 7:21AM1.36m | 7:44PM1.49m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:02PM0.27m | 00:39AM0.29m | 12:48PM0.25m | 1:24AM0.27m | 1:33PM0.24m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | |
 | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
Feels °C | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 14 | SE 15 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 14 | S 11 |
| kJ | 365 | 347 | 256 | 251 | 211 | 230 | 190 | 157 | 154 | 123 | 107 | 105 | 79 | 79 | 46 | 155 | 149 | 155 | 149 | 130 | 1200 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | NE 4 | ENE 7 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 18 | E 17 | E 17 | E 17 | E 16 | SE 15 |
| kJ | 52 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 56 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 76 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 9 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | — | S 13 | S 16 | NE 6 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | S 14 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | SW 5 | E 17 | E 17 | E 17 | E 17 | E 17 | E 16 |
| kJ | 3 | 52 | 23 | 23 | — | 3 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | N 3 | — | NNE 2 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NNW 3 | NW 2 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | W 4 | SSW 5 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 423 | 786 | 882 | 974 | 1509 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 145 | 159 | 10 | 3 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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.
Nearest