Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 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 5PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
NNE
0.6
SE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
SE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)101111776898899812811119111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2729299665401181591187811591695449605947475879616158
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
5
SE
0
ESE
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37PM
2.00
2:14AM
1.97
2:34PM
1.98
3:19AM
1.97
3:37PM
1.96
4:29AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.53
8:00PM
0.44
8:36AM
0.59
9:00PM
0.48
9:41AM
0.62
10:05PM
0.49
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48
Sunset---7:52-------7:51-------7:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------121----
Temp. °C171919171515151618212119181818182021191818171716
Feels °C (?)121415141415141517191816161617172022181717151312
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