Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 7AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.3
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.7
ENE
1.3
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)611109999910999101010111010101010788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8438352641415758163201201106145307186267244386327326586181320327
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
ESE
10
E
0
E
5
NE
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
0
SSW
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
1.50
8:54AM
1.46
9:18PM
1.50
9:39AM
1.44
10:01PM
1.49
10:23AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.21
3:37AM
0.22
3:54PM
0.24
4:22AM
0.25
4:37PM
0.27
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:28-------7:30-------7:31---
Sunset------6:59-------6:58-------6:55-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------13
Temp. °C151414141618171616151514161818171514141315181816
Feels °C (?)141213131617161615151514171615151514141315161615
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