pt fr it es uk
Surf Reports Facebook

Online Surf Shop

Wetsuits & Surf Gear
visit store

Hickory Bay

Hickory Bay

10:58 am 28 Jan 2012

Back door bazza!, Waitara Bar

Waitara Bar

12:00 am 1 Nov 2011

Waitara Bar ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.5
Consistency of surf: 3.5
Difficulty level: 5.0
Wind and kite surfing: 5.0
Crowds: 4.5

…

See all 18 ratings

Based on 2 votes. Vote

Surf Report Feed
Logo_print
Setup Email Surf & Wind Alert Secret spot?
We can hide it!

Waitara Bar Surf Forecast / New-Zealand – Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 18 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Waitara Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Rating 1
 2
 2
 1
 1
 1
 2
 0
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 1
 1
 2
Wed
 15
4PM 		Wed
 15
7PM 		Wed
 15
10PM 		Thu
 16
1AM 		Thu
 16
4AM 		Thu
 16
7AM 		Thu
 16
10AM 		Thu
 16
1PM 		Thu
 16
4PM 		Thu
 16
7PM 		Thu
 16
10PM 		Fri
 17
1AM 		Fri
 17
4AM 		Fri
 17
7AM 		Fri
 17
10AM 		Fri
 17
1PM 		Fri
 17
4PM 		Fri
 17
7PM
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.3
W 		1.3
W 		1.2
WNW 		1.1
WNW 		0.9
WNW 		0.7
WSW 		0.9
W 		0.6
WSW 		0.6
WSW 		0.7
SW 		0.8
SW 		0.9
SW 		1.0
SW 		1.0
SW 		1.0
SW 		1.0
SW 		1.0
SW 		1.0
SW
Period (s) (?) 7 7 7 7 7 12 11 11 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
Surfscale
Wave
Graph
(?)
Max-energy 186 181 156 128 84 117 198 79 162 236 255 301 384 363 357 347 326 316
Wind
(km/h) 		10 NNW 10 NW 5 ESE 10 ESE 15 ESE 15 SE 15 ESE 5 N 10 W 5 SW 10 SSE 10 ENE 10 NE 15 NE 10 NNE 15 NNW 15 WNW 10 W
Wind State (?) on on glass cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 glass cross-
on		 cross-
off		 off cross cross cross cross-
on		 on cross-
on		 cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Waitara Bar blow from the SSE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb ebb low flow
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
3.05


5:18AM
3.01


6:00PM
2.96


6:45AM
3.02



Low Tide
/ height (m)


10:53PM
1.01


11:38AM
1.14


12:15AM
1.09



1:02PM
1.12
 

Note: the tide data above is for Waitara River Entrance, New Zealand which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Waitara Bar. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
Advanced Show advanced wave information
 

Today's Waitara Bar sea temperature is 19.0 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 19.3 max: 20.9 min: 17.6 °C)
  Wed
 15
4PM 		Wed
 15
7PM 		Wed
 15
10PM 		Thu
 16
1AM 		Thu
 16
4AM 		Thu
 16
7AM 		Thu
 16
10AM 		Thu
 16
1PM 		Thu
 16
4PM 		Thu
 16
7PM 		Thu
 16
10PM 		Fri
 17
1AM 		Fri
 17
4AM 		Fri
 17
7AM 		Fri
 17
10AM 		Fri
 17
1PM 		Fri
 17
4PM 		Fri
 17
7PM
  clear rain showers rain showers clear clear clear clear clear rain showers rain showers clear rain showers clear clear clear rain showers rain showers clear
Summary clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear rain shwrs clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear
Rain (mm) - 1 1 - - - - - 2 2 - 1 - - - 1 1 -
Temp. °C 20 19 18 17 16 15 17 21 21 21 19 18 17 16 18 19 19 19
Chill °C (?) 20 19 18 17 15 14 17 21 21 21 19 18 17 15 18 19 19 19
Sunrise - - - - - 6:50 - - - - - - - 6:50 - - - -
Sunset - 20:23 - - - - - - - 20:22 - - - - - - - 20:21
Wavefinder-local Show local wavefinder
  Wed
 15
4PM 		Wed
 15
7PM 		Wed
 15
10PM 		Thu
 16
1AM 		Thu
 16
4AM 		Thu
 16
7AM 		Thu
 16
10AM 		Thu
 16
1PM 		Thu
 16
4PM 		Thu
 16
7PM 		Thu
 16
10PM 		Fri
 17
1AM 		Fri
 17
4AM 		Fri
 17
7AM 		Fri
 17
10AM 		Fri
 17
1PM 		Fri
 17
4PM 		Fri
 17
7PM
Global Wavefinder Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Fullers Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Bruces-beauties Boners Boners Boners Boners Boners Boners Hanalei-bay Tunnels Barbel-point Barbel-point
Rating 9
 9
 9
 7
 9
 8
 8
 6
 7
 7
 6
 6
 6
 6
 6
 6
 5
 5

Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waitara Bar surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.