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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 3AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.9
E
0.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NW
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)141414121551456666131212131313121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)404039284236517786777468635959617964294631303030
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
W
0
SW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
1.88
3:15PM
1.92
3:58AM
1.87
4:03PM
1.88
4:55AM
1.88
4:54PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.61
9:18AM
0.75
9:46PM
0.65
10:13AM
0.79
10:38PM
0.68
11:06AM
0.81
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:58-------5:58-------6:00----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:29
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------11------------111
Temp. °C171718181919191920191919222323222120202022232322
Feels °C (?)151517171818181920191918212121212120212222212122
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