Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 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
19.5° 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: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.3
NNW
1.4
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
2
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
Period(s) (?)88881188119101010101010101515151616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78782788997917641148112915361145963842697605630709580796930154917881953190317191453
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.89
10:36PM
1.94
10:48AM
1.85
11:19PM
1.91
11:28AM
1.82
12:06AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.51
4:51AM
0.63
5:04PM
0.59
5:36AM
0.69
5:45PM
0.66
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise6:24-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:50-------5:47-----
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111222222111------------
Temp. °C181818181818181818191919181918191920201918181817
Feels °C (?)151515161616161616181818171918201920191918191918
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