Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.6° 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 11AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.3
NW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)88888881111118888810101010991099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)355310181287236273220185191191172153131105867371714744283066
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
5
S
5
W
10
SW
25
SW
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
2.16
9:57PM
2.20
10:21AM
2.16
10:54PM
2.16
11:12AM
2.12
11:53PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
0.43
3:47PM
0.34
4:17AM
0.47
4:39PM
0.36
5:11AM
0.53
5:32PM
0.41
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:39-----
Sunset----5:31-------5:30-------5:29---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11--------3---------1---
Temp. °C151416181815141313131314131312121110121413111110
Feels °C (?)131214151514141211867676765798676
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