Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
17.8° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 5PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Nov)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (18 Nov)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
!
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
!
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.8
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.5
E
2
ENE
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888899101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)203427770313498536475311567461412498510873373363386333333290284234190151
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
15
SSE
5
S
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrossglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
1.38
5:41AM
1.41
5:59PM
1.37
6:25AM
1.44
6:44PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
0.32
11:27PM
0.27
11:54AM
0.31
12:11AM
0.27
12:41PM
0.30
12:55AM
0.27
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise-------5:46-------5:45-------5:43
Sunset---8:07-------8:07-------8:08----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------251-3----------
Temp. °C222525222120182023191818181918182427222018181616
Feels °C (?)212324222020181921212020202120202426212119181617
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