Surf Forecast Surf Report

Arawhata surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 23 Feb 2025 NZDT
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Arawhata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arawhata sea temperature is
21.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arawhata today?

The current surf forecast for Arawhata at 11AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)88881212121212121212121212121212666126612111110915141414131312121212121212121211111111111114131313121212131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)713612471362365314314309309309509414365378384488216152183145118107118145180193214416308246394281207421469543534534500491500472378365265280251190197193431357351341268264268346395410
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
15
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
2.46
7:10PM
2.44
7:51AM
2.62
8:14PM
2.60
8:42AM
2.84
9:06PM
2.81
9:26AM
3.08
9:51PM
3.03
10:07AM
3.31
10:32PM
3.23
10:48AM
3.50
11:13PM
3.38
11:29AM
3.61
11:53PM
3.46
12:10PM
3.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
1.21
1:31AM
1.05
2:09PM
1.02
2:31AM
0.84
2:59PM
0.76
3:18AM
0.59
3:42PM
0.50
4:00AM
0.34
4:23PM
0.26
4:41AM
0.13
5:04PM
0.07
5:21AM
0.00
5:46PM
-0.03
6:03AM
-0.03
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Sunrise-6:58--------7:00-------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-
Sunset-----8:15-------8:14-------8:13-------8:10-------8:09-------8:07-------8:07------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718181818171717161718181817171717181918181818181818191918181718181819191817171717182019191818181818191918181818181919
Feels °C (?)131214151516151618161817171715161615161614151515161617171616161517171718171615161717181815171817161616161715161717171818
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