Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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
17.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 8AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)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
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.1
S
1.4
S
3
SSW
2.1
S
2.5
S
4
S
Period(s) (?)889999777788898889101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138082178176642726262634313052514746532494161731101114584341
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
S
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
crossglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.62
7:10PM
1.70
7:36AM
1.64
8:04PM
1.74
8:30AM
1.64
8:59PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
0.07
12:58PM
0.03
1:30AM
0.03
1:52PM
0.01
2:26AM
0.01
2:46PM
0.00
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:35---
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
473-------102--1673-26857
Temp. °C17161520211715141313121414141313121213121010912
Feels °C (?)14161519201614131212111313141211101112107768
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