Te Arai Point surf break

Te Arai Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.6
NE
1.1
E
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.8
ENE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)101010101010109171616161616971515151414141211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12412096969492748596908787868251107696867666360187182
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
2.16
9:50AM
2.34
10:10PM
2.16
10:35AM
2.32
10:57PM
2.13
11:19AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.07
4:18PM
0.14
4:30AM
0.10
5:03PM
0.14
5:16AM
0.16
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:41-------6:41--
Sunset-8:30-------8:29-------8:28------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242118181717182220201919181920202021191716161920
Feels °C (?)201915161616172221211919191920202022201716161717
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