Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 30 Mar 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 3AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.2
SE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.7
SSE
1.6
S
0.9
S
1.5
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1211111111111111111018181010671614141413121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)449373335329278207204166163133104100646418822640693215721081775598454291
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
SSE
5
S
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
SW
20
SSE
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
1.56
4:26PM
1.45
4:53AM
1.54
5:21PM
1.45
5:45AM
1.53
6:13PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.17
10:18AM
0.17
10:37PM
0.18
11:13AM
0.17
11:32PM
0.19
12:04PM
0.17
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----7:22-------7:24-------7:24---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:07-------7:06
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1----------311-------
Temp. °C192018161824241918171514171913121212111112131413
Feels °C (?)19191816182324201918151416169101010101011111211
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