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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 01 May 2025 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 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 8PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 01). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)--
Afternoon (01 May)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (01 May)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.6
NW
1
E
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NW
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
NNW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
1.6
SE
0.2
NNW
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.2
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.8
NNE
2.3
NNE
3
NNE
3
N
3
NNE
3.5
N
3.5
N
Period(s) (?)12101011111181111111191079911999911111210101098118888888101010101010109999566666788899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)472358270199206192276235292146240126135757355423130201922222716161613314122012111911871691291532262171881851851841271221198181741191622182132805128891264139718552084
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
SW
0
N
0
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
2.27
10:06AM
2.19
10:40PM
2.21
10:56AM
2.12
11:36PM
2.14
11:47AM
2.03
12:31AM
2.07
12:44PM
1.93
1:26AM
2.01
1:46PM
1.87
2:21AM
1.95
2:46PM
1.83
3:16AM
1.91
3:43PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
0.34
4:04AM
0.50
4:24PM
0.39
4:57AM
0.58
5:15PM
0.46
5:54AM
0.64
6:07PM
0.55
6:53AM
0.67
7:03PM
0.64
7:52AM
0.67
8:03PM
0.69
8:46AM
0.65
9:04PM
0.71
9:39AM
0.64
10:01PM
0.69
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
Sunrise------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset5:20-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12---
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Rain (mm)
1--------------------------------------------------1---12112
Temp. °C171715151312141616141211121213151614131313131515151313131212131415131313131314161614151515151618171716161717171818181718
Feels °C (?)121312119912151611867781012111010109111087787891011101010101113151412131313131515141515141516161515161415
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