Surf Forecast Surf Report

Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 01 May 2025 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 12AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)--
Afternoon (02 May)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (02 May)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
S
1.7
S
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
S
3
S
4
S
4
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
1.6
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.8
NE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)11121212121212121212121212121111101010999999888161513121212111110101010109999999998876777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)415404336776509664036202544928164716493254223704473730961699167314031250950836901399828742589434346305277880645603503394379316286240235231184176133108106714626261414155118282867142355
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SE
5
E
5
NE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
1.79
9:12AM
1.64
9:41PM
1.75
10:09AM
1.58
10:36PM
1.69
11:05AM
1.52
11:32PM
1.62
12:01PM
1.46
12:26AM
1.54
12:56PM
1.40
1:19AM
1.48
1:49PM
1.36
2:10AM
1.43
2:40PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
-0.01
3:28PM
0.01
4:05AM
0.03
4:23PM
0.06
5:01AM
0.08
5:18PM
0.12
5:55AM
0.14
6:11PM
0.19
6:49AM
0.19
7:04PM
0.24
7:40AM
0.23
7:56PM
0.29
8:29AM
0.26
8:46PM
0.32
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset5:22-------5:21-------5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:14---
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Rain (mm)
--------11111----------11-----------------------------------
Temp. °C1513121110121212111010101112131516141212121213141412101110910121211109878141614121111101219211816141314162021191715
Feels °C (?)1087778888665679111311109999101087876810101097656121412109981017191614121113151819181614
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