Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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Te Araroa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Te Araroa sea temperature is
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 5AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.3
NW
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
2
NNW
Period(s) (?)111111111114141481414141313131212121256666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6362404023414141183113156143137133131123858382106149209237305
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
2.06
5:37PM
1.98
6:00AM
2.10
6:30PM
2.07
6:49AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
0.60
11:38AM
0.50
11:52PM
0.55
12:29PM
0.42
12:46AM
0.50
1:18PM
0.37
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:35---
Sunset------5:38-------5:37-------5:36-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C161516161718191614131211151718161616161718181817
Feels °C (?)121012111214141110988131515131313131313131312
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