Ahu Ahu Road surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Ahu Ahu Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ahu Ahu Road sea temperature is
59.5°F
(Which is 1.8°F warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ahu Ahu Road today?

The current surf forecast for Ahu Ahu Road at 9AM is: 10ft 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 23). An open ocean swell of 0ft 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Oct)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

Updates in 3 min 43 s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
3
0
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
7
WSW
6.5
WSW
8
W
11
W
13
W
13
W
11
W
11
W
11
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
8
WSW
8
WSW
8
WSW
8
WSW
7.5
WSW
7
WSW
6.5
WSW
7
WSW
7
WSW
8
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141410111313121212121212121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)385935213456192916011265293248894652424340163560242623152106196817761622142512911006121611841447
Wind
(mph)
12
N
12
N
19
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
22
NW
16
W
12
WSW
16
WSW
16
SW
12
SW
16
WSW
16
SW
12
WSW
9
WSW
9
WSW
12
WSW
12
WSW
12
WSW
12
W
12
W
12
WSW
16
WSW
16
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (ft)
11:28AM
10.01
11:41PM
9.71
12:01PM
9.84
12:14AM
9.42
12:35PM
9.51
12:49AM
8.99
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
5:19AM
0.82
5:39PM
1.18
5:52AM
1.05
6:12PM
1.44
6:25AM
1.38
6:47PM
1.84
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:24------
Sunset-----7:50-------7:51-------7:52--
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (in)
--0.0-0.00.20.1-------------0.00.0--
Temp. °F596163636363595755545557555452505254555757555454
Feels °F (?)545757545454545046434646454545434345465050484543

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28 km away, 41 min ago

15 mph
N
0.0
15.3
Air / Water (°C)
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