Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 NZST
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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
12.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Aropaonui today?

The current surf forecast for Aropaonui at 6AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (27 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (27 Aug)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

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Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.8
ENE
1.5
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)1056699101112111111111110101111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18192557357221923539878923886790696622498428458412347240175174142112
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
0
W
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
E
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
1.45
8:43PM
1.49
9:07AM
1.44
9:28PM
1.45
9:52AM
1.43
10:13PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
0.18
2:36PM
0.20
3:03AM
0.20
3:23PM
0.23
3:47AM
0.23
4:09PM
0.27
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:39-----
Sunset----5:44-------5:45-------5:45---
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cloud
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part cloud
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part cloud
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C7791212111110119121618161515141315161513119
Feels °C (?)558101010119108111415131212119101110995
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Aropaonui (light winds from the W at Napier Airport 23 km from Aropaonui). 0.5m 5s windswell from the E with a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
W
0.0
12.8
Air / Water (°C)
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