Te Araroa surf break

Te Araroa surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 17 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
19.0° 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 3AM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NNW
2.2
N
1.8
NNE
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.3
N
2
N
Period(s) (?)1255566677778899888878888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8598111126145207309431493665846125117321606895574497403577337765825686513
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
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-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
2.07
6:49AM
2.12
7:21PM
2.16
7:42AM
2.14
8:12PM
2.21
8:37AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.50
1:18PM
0.37
1:41AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.34
2:33AM
0.43
2:56PM
0.33
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset------5:36-------5:34-------5:32-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----1-----15542111137221
Temp. °C171717171819181818181818181818181817161718191817
Feels °C (?)141313121414131313131313131315161716151614161514
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