Te Arai Point surf break

Te Arai Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NNE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.7
N
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.7
N
1.1
NNE
1
N
Period(s) (?)888888777777121212121212678777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33948640832929122919914310510289867714814815314610621444939931112194
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
E
5
ENE
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
W
0
NE
0
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
30
N
20
NW
15
W
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
2.03
4:04PM
1.88
4:44AM
2.02
5:10PM
1.89
5:45AM
2.04
6:12PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.34
10:09AM
0.45
10:31PM
0.37
11:15AM
0.43
11:35PM
0.36
12:16PM
0.38
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:30-------7:31-------7:31---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:19
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181922222119191818192021202020201920212119
Feels °C (?)222119192124232320212020202021212118191920211917
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