Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
20.1° 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 8PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.3
N
1
WNW
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NNW
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)141457771313131466677777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35374024373751292970231236233244236195186176179184205198261285
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
1.94
12:10AM
1.92
12:23PM
1.90
12:55AM
1.88
1:03PM
1.84
1:42AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.46
6:21AM
0.59
6:43PM
0.54
7:07AM
0.68
7:24PM
0.63
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:58--------
Sunset---7:35-------7:34-------7:31----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C202120181817161716171716151515161717171616161717
Feels °C (?)182120171716131211121111101111121313141313141616
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