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Te Arai Point surf break

Te Arai Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 12PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)12121299111111111199999999999131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)472546232221402121212122222222212121212626333425
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
1.89
2:09PM
1.96
2:44AM
1.83
2:59PM
1.87
3:38AM
1.79
3:50PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.46
8:40PM
0.39
8:58AM
0.56
9:28PM
0.45
9:51AM
0.63
10:18PM
0.49
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset-----8:40-------8:40-------8:40--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181823262625211919192325242218161514182122201918
Feels °C (?)181822252525211920192224242117141413172021192018
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