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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 23 Dec 2025 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
19.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 11AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (23 Dec)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (23 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
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
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.5
N
1.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)1366141515151477777777777666136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1171441841501091091091073853164406275966185293792712281831831368989136
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
2.04
10:03PM
1.97
10:37AM
2.04
10:41PM
1.96
11:21AM
2.04
11:22PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
0.56
4:11PM
0.64
4:21AM
0.52
4:54PM
0.62
5:02AM
0.50
5:39PM
0.59
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:28-------8:28-------8:29--
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-2-------11-1-----------
Temp. °C181921232221212120202021202119171616212321191819
Feels °C (?)171718191817181818181718172018151313171816161617
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