Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 22 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
21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 9PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 22). 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 (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (22 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)44511888889897999944411101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)245481241921212122321922262741412529501029273125
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
10
W
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
2.04
11:23PM
2.02
11:53AM
2.02
12:16AM
2.01
12:44PM
2.01
1:13AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
0.31
5:45AM
0.42
6:15PM
0.33
6:37AM
0.47
7:05PM
0.38
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45
Sunset---7:55-------7:54-------7:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202222211817161518201917171616162023222017161615
Feels °C (?)171717181615131214171716171414141821211714121211
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