Te Arai Point surf break

Te Arai Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
21.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Arai Point today?

The current surf forecast for Te Arai Point at 1PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)998810677666101010108111181111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39393637275913912070363335343324253230373030298982
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
NNE
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
2.08
2:06PM
2.04
2:46AM
2.04
3:07PM
1.97
3:52AM
2.01
4:14PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.39
8:35PM
0.27
9:10AM
0.45
9:38PM
0.32
10:18AM
0.48
10:44PM
0.33
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:01-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----8:06-------8:04-------8:02--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171719202019191818181920202019181717202221222019
Feels °C (?)181818191818181818181920202121191818212221232120
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