Aropaonui surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
20.2° 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 4AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.9
S
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
2.3
S
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)666666666677777554678889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)971171141221068875642841474343305425182718541945458510391307
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
S
25
S
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
1.60
3:43PM
1.50
4:15AM
1.61
4:41PM
1.49
5:12AM
1.61
5:38PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
0.13
9:35AM
0.16
9:55PM
0.13
10:34AM
0.15
10:53PM
0.12
11:32AM
0.14
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:52-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset-------7:54-------7:53-------7:52
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
211---------------2111--
Temp. °C14141414151516161413121118202018171410910141513
Feels °C (?)131313131414151513121110181920191610756897
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