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Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 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
20.2° 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 12PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
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)
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
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0
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4
4
4
3
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
E
2
E
2.2
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
E
5
ESE
4.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
E
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)11111616667777810111111111010101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4343484757103141173257419715229934225753504429322493209118321341520386332319
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
45
S
35
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
2.02
7:07PM
1.94
7:36AM
2.07
7:55PM
1.99
8:18AM
2.10
8:42PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
0.53
1:23AM
0.48
2:00PM
0.43
2:11AM
0.43
2:46PM
0.35
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:20-------7:19--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161618202018171717171717171717181817181920191716
Feels °C (?)161617191917161614121111101010121414161618161414
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