Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 12PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)888101010101212121212121212111111111111111119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)293293268318331253258554554554597480472527449393335329297247204166163117
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
NE
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
SE
5
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
NW
10
NW
10
ENE
5
N
10
N
15
NW
10
WNW
0
SSE
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
offoffglassglassoncross-
on
glassoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
1.61
2:31PM
1.48
3:01AM
1.58
3:30PM
1.46
3:58AM
1.56
4:26PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.14
8:43PM
0.15
9:22AM
0.16
9:40PM
0.17
10:18AM
0.17
10:37PM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--7:20-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:12-------7:09-------7:08--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C171821262721191817151922211819201716192526201816
Feels °C (?)171821252721191817152022211919191716202325221816
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