Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
19.6° 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 1AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)99101010101010101088889999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24231731474747491221208787116125180213213213213222227280300359
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.99
8:24AM
1.97
8:53PM
2.01
9:07AM
1.96
9:34PM
2.01
9:48AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
0.39
2:23AM
0.45
2:51PM
0.37
3:08AM
0.44
3:32PM
0.36
3:50AM
0.46
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset6:59-------6:58-------6:55-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514141413151717161516161617181817161616171819
Feels °C (?)121212121312141515151515151516161616151515161616
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