Te Arai Point surf break

Te Arai Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Te Arai Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Te Arai Point sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Te Arai Point today?

The current surf forecast for Te Arai Point at 5PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (25 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (25 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Te Arai Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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3
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
4
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NNE
4
NNE
3.5
NE
3.5
NNE
3.5
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
1.8
NNE
2.1
NE
2.3
NE
2
NE
Period(s) (?)7888889999991010101099999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65588710561097133215451824218225813028315032663714366332182349207618591398931464611659494
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
2.11
1:31AM
2.15
1:52PM
2.01
2:32AM
2.07
2:56PM
1.93
3:38AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
0.19
7:57AM
0.37
8:21PM
0.28
9:02AM
0.43
9:25PM
0.34
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--------7:28-------7:28-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:24-------7:23----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
355521456111175231--------
Temp. °C181818171818181818181919181919192022222120191818
Feels °C (?)151515121313141313121415131416192223232323212020
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