Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 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
20.5° 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: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (06 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
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
Period(s) (?)12111111111110101010101010109999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)224283357391377364308256246185181154154130103998354535250484739
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
N
5
ENE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
2.12
11:12PM
2.03
11:38AM
2.07
11:59PM
1.98
12:22PM
2.02
12:46AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.40
5:28AM
0.46
6:01PM
0.42
6:11AM
0.52
6:44PM
0.47
6:56AM
0.59
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:26-------6:28
Sunset---8:15-------8:14-------8:13----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202222211918181822242322202019182223232119181717
Feels °C (?)212223222019191823242322202018162224242118161515
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