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Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 09 May 2025 NZST
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Desperation Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Desperation Point sea temperature is
17.9° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperation Point today?

The current surf forecast for Desperation Point at 1AM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 May)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (10 May)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (10 May)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Hourly12 Days
Taranaki Surf
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
4
4
!
!
!
3
!
1
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
1
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)151515141616161515151414141414141414141414141414141414141413778777121212121212121212131413131313121412121212121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)209420661714186044334218390533713469291322971887186010681560153812801382155614421463148413511370115911599557316174124005375904953552702122092052475953253253193253704864654002992952681782122607428204032391341
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
SW
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
10
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
15
SE
5
SE
0
SSW
5
W
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
off		cross-
off		offcrossonononononcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
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)
8:02PM
2.81
8:15AM
2.87
8:39PM
2.93
8:51AM
2.94
9:13PM
3.04
9:26AM
2.99
9:45PM
3.11
9:59AM
3.02
10:17PM
3.15
10:33AM
3.02
10:50PM
3.15
11:07AM
2.98
11:24PM
3.11
11:43AM
2.91
12:02AM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.63
2:28PM
0.49
2:48AM
0.55
3:03PM
0.42
3:22AM
0.52
3:37PM
0.40
3:55AM
0.52
4:10PM
0.43
4:28AM
0.55
4:44PM
0.48
5:02AM
0.62
5:20PM
0.57
5:39AM
0.71
5:57PM
0.67
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------
Sunset------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-------5:21-------5:20-------5:19-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141513131314141414151413131314131312121213151514141515151616161616161615151616151515141516161616161616151516161515151515
Feels °C (?)981011121112121012131111810999111213131212111110111211111111121211111313121111910121212131212121010111110101099
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