Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 16 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: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
1.3
NW
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NNW
2.3
NNW
3
NNW
3
N
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)14714141313131212555666677788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)671711561431371331318985102871171501952753483924597911020176118771417778
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
2.10
6:30PM
2.07
6:49AM
2.12
7:21PM
2.16
7:42AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.55
12:29PM
0.42
12:46AM
0.50
1:18PM
0.37
1:41AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.34
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:33-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset------5:37-------5:36-------5:34-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------11---14611421
Temp. °C141312121417181617161617181818181818181818171818
Feels °C (?)99891215151314131314141313141413131413121416
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