Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 11AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
!
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)1012111111101010101099999999999966
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59711699307436155704413483412692031941901721209983839010168498744
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
0
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
S
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
E
10
E
5
S
5
W
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.59
8:14PM
1.51
8:38AM
1.56
9:03PM
1.51
9:25AM
1.53
9:49PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
0.12
2:10PM
0.12
2:29AM
0.13
2:58PM
0.13
3:18AM
0.16
3:44PM
0.16
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58--------7:00-----
Sunset-----7:47-------7:46-------7:45--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111014181817141312111720211917151413182020181615
Feels °C (?)10913161616141211101718202016141312171919191615
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