Belt Road surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 NZST
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Belt Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Belt Road sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Belt Road today?

The current surf forecast for Belt Road at 2AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (15 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (15 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)1413131313131313138888813131313131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)559344583436278925082376241224772611953998104810936861816162415111534153413161279123022182673
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
2.86
3:52PM
2.85
4:34AM
2.74
5:24PM
2.83
5:55AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55PM
0.98
9:20AM
1.05
10:13PM
1.15
10:47AM
1.18
11:40PM
1.15
12:14PM
1.11
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:22---
Sunset-------6:13-------6:14-------6:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1111-------------
Temp. °C121212121313131313131313141515131314141414141414
Feels °C (?)667787778777811111010111212111099
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the N at NewPlymouthAero Aws 13 km from Belt Road). A 3.0m groundswell from the WSW

    Belt Road
  2. weather stationWind Update Recent on-shore wind 16 km from Back Beach has fallen light (light winds from the N at NewPlymouthAero Aws). Waves cleaning up. A 3.0m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

    Back Beach
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Actual: 48 min ago

6 km/h
N
Clean
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