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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 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
20.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 7PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (12 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
1.9
WNW
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
1
E
0.4
NE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)131361414141412155146661413131212121313511
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3265217814040402842496677775774686359597779641346
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
10
WSW
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
1.97
3:05AM
1.88
3:15PM
1.92
3:58AM
1.87
4:03PM
1.88
4:55AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.69
8:56PM
0.61
9:18AM
0.75
9:46PM
0.65
10:13AM
0.79
10:38PM
0.68
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---8:30-------8:30-------8:30----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C242523201718181819192019201919192123232220191819
Feels °C (?)212223191517161718181919201818192021212121201820
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