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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 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
20.4° 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 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (07 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (07 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
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)
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010999999988888812121188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2461851811541541301039983545352504847393326312827253625
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
2.07
11:59PM
1.98
12:22PM
2.02
12:46AM
1.92
1:04PM
1.97
1:34AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
0.42
6:11AM
0.52
6:44PM
0.47
6:56AM
0.59
7:27PM
0.54
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:28-------6:28
Sunset---8:14-------8:13-------8:12----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222424232020191822232221191918172021202018181817
Feels °C (?)232423221920181723242321181817161921212018181816
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