Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 23 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
20.9° 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 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)8889889999944411101010101111767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21212132202226154141243550929273124272929934743
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
0
E
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
5
SE
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
2.02
12:16AM
2.01
12:44PM
2.01
1:13AM
1.99
1:37PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.42
6:15PM
0.33
6:37AM
0.47
7:05PM
0.38
7:33AM
0.53
8:00PM
0.44
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:45------
Sunset-----7:54-------7:53-------7:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171518201817171616162023222017161616182020181615
Feels °C (?)151214171616181515141721211814131313151617161616
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