Te Araroa Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.63° S 178.38° E

Te Araroa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Te Araroa sea temperature is
15.1° C
0.2° 

Te Araroa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Te Araroa today (09 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 7s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 9PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)--
Afternoon (09 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (09 Aug)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sun night, light winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Sun
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NW
6
2.2
NW
7
2.5
NW
7
3
NW
8
3
NW
8
3.5
NW
8
2.5
NW
9
2.4
NNW
9
2.3
NW
9
1.9
NNW
8
1.7
NNW
8
1.7
NNW
8
1.6
NNW
8
1.4
NNW
8
1.3
NNW
8
1.2
NNW
8
1.1
N
8
1.1
N
8
1.1
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
195
440
704
866
875
1402
1149
904
780
504
413
356
315
226
191
173
138
142
149
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
10
SSW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:01PM2.01m
3:21AM2.02m
4:13PM2.08m
4:27AM2.04m
5:19PM2.18m
Low Tide
9:25PM0.65m
9:51AM0.50m
10:30PM0.63m
10:54AM0.45m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
5:27
 mm
1
1
3
4
8
13
Temp °C
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
15
15
13
12
11
10
10
12
14
13
12
10
Feels °C
9
9
9
8
8
10
10
12
12
10
9
8
7
8
10
11
10
8
7
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