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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 13 Feb 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
20.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 5PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.5
E
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)666666131313778810101010111111119911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161167141141132116868686821001493171397182014921258831713651403201196206
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
25
S
35
S
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
SW
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
1.80
5:12AM
1.86
5:10PM
1.83
6:06AM
1.89
6:04PM
1.87
6:52AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.82
10:47PM
0.73
11:19AM
0.80
11:42PM
0.69
12:09PM
0.76
12:30AM
0.62
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:35-------6:35
Sunset---8:07-------8:06-------8:05----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
332212661316189161523---21---
Temp. °C212222222121212120202020191919182022201916151516
Feels °C (?)212324242324242423222018151617162021201814111112
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