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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 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
20.6° 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 4PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (02 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.8
NE
1.1
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.5
NNW
0.9
NE
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)111011551266676666101010991817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153130275851132283052973072732311961931849896948886102969087134
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
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		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
2.28
7:57PM
2.08
8:31AM
2.29
8:50PM
2.09
9:18AM
2.25
9:39PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.54
2:13AM
0.38
2:55PM
0.48
3:04AM
0.38
3:44PM
0.43
3:55AM
0.40
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-------6:20-------6:22-------6:22
Sunset---8:17-------8:17-------8:16----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C222123232222222222252420191716151918181816141515
Feels °C (?)222123232121222221242217171514131815151312101111
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