Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 1AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
ENE
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1010101099991514141414131313136121212666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15713913611010181655056747269648584827852504948675267
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
0
WNW
5
W
5
ENE
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
1.67
10:43AM
1.60
11:11PM
1.67
11:38AM
1.58
12:07AM
1.66
12:34PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.06
5:00PM
0.05
5:34AM
0.07
5:54PM
0.07
6:30AM
0.09
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------7:16-------7:18-------7:18-
Sunset-7:20-------7:17-------7:16------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161513121211141818171514141315181918171515151617
Feels °C (?)141412111110131616171514141315171817161515151516
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