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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 07 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
19.8° 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 1PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)1515151414141414141413131313131313131355121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1151571551531531501501501469490909087855857575680109264727
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
2.32
10:50PM
2.13
11:21AM
2.23
11:40PM
2.07
12:11PM
2.15
12:31AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.40
4:57PM
0.49
5:06AM
0.45
5:47PM
0.48
5:55AM
0.51
6:35PM
0.49
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:30--
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------111---21----------
Temp. °C171721222220181817172020202018171717232426242120
Feels °C (?)161620202018171716181919192019181616212325242020
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