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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 9AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNW
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
N
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)1211111111111155566677788889998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)293047303030304775878579919797118164173173201215186164160
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
1.88
4:54PM
1.86
5:51AM
1.91
5:47PM
1.86
6:41AM
1.95
6:38PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.81
11:31PM
0.68
11:57AM
0.81
12:20AM
0.67
12:45PM
0.78
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:00-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:29-------8:29-------8:29--
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1111211112121----------
Temp. °C212123232321202021202022212219181817191918171716
Feels °C (?)212122222222202021201922212219191716171615131211
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