Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 31 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 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (31 Mar)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
0.9
S
1.5
S
2
S
1.8
SSE
1.6
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)1110181810105616141414131212111113141514131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143106104100646414425340693216221233878608486433358521529688602521564446
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
SW
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassonglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
1.54
5:21PM
1.45
5:45AM
1.53
6:13PM
1.46
6:35AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.18
11:13AM
0.17
11:32PM
0.19
12:04PM
0.17
12:25AM
0.19
12:54PM
0.17
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise----7:24-------7:24-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:06-------7:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------3211--------------
Temp. °C1716151417201313121211111114141311109912151514
Feels °C (?)17161514141791010109991212111087711121313
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