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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
20.4° 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: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
WNW
0.3
NNE
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.9
ESE
1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)556613661414145556661414141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)408414822532163207814040405380105110807777746863595977
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
10
WSW
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
1.91
2:30PM
1.97
3:05AM
1.88
3:15PM
1.92
3:58AM
1.87
4:03PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.56
8:24AM
0.69
8:56PM
0.61
9:18AM
0.75
9:46PM
0.65
10:13AM
0.79
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C202121212325232018171818192019201919191921232322
Feels °C (?)191817172122232016151717181918211918181920222121
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