Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 10 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
20.9° 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 11PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)--
Afternoon (10 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (10 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
NE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
1
NNE
1.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)1010101010966111111111010161616161615141477
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55545454383948506868656462628112512579119104103103102157
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
0
WNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
1.91
2:24AM
1.86
2:28PM
1.86
3:15AM
1.84
3:17PM
1.81
4:12AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.61
8:36AM
0.75
8:56PM
0.67
9:32AM
0.80
9:49PM
0.72
10:27AM
0.82
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset-8:10-------8:08-------8:07------
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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