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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Araroa today?

The current surf forecast for Te Araroa at 1PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
2
0
2
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)111010101010101099999999999910111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246121741836151613391104834694573519440396359351351287318318325339437399437377
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.96
7:43PM
1.89
8:23AM
1.99
8:25PM
1.89
9:02AM
2.01
9:07PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.53
1:50PM
0.66
2:11AM
0.52
2:33PM
0.67
2:48AM
0.53
3:14PM
0.66
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:01--
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3----------------13111--
Temp. °C181921232320181717182121211917171717181717161718
Feels °C (?)191920212017171616171918181715161616171616141618
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