Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 18 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
18.8° 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 1AM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.2
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3.5
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
N
2.2
NNW
2.5
N
1.8
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
N
1.8
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.2
NNW
Period(s) (?)677778999998888888887888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3534125105818461481235721452012201214651043678850428392311241378469588591597566
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
W
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
2.16
7:42AM
2.14
8:12PM
2.21
8:37AM
2.15
9:03PM
2.22
9:30AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
0.37
1:41AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.34
2:33AM
0.43
2:56PM
0.33
3:25AM
0.43
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:37-
Sunset5:36-------5:34-------5:32-------
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cloud
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---113465231112111922322
Temp. °C191818181818171717181717161618181816151516151717
Feels °C (?)141313131311121214151316151516161614141113121313
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