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Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
20.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 4PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (17 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
1.9
W
0.9
SW
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111118171671678899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)608561487427379334286226226226186226210226270255265321358447849136422631621
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
3.25
11:01PM
3.15
11:15AM
3.37
11:36PM
3.25
11:50AM
3.44
12:11AM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
0.39
5:08AM
0.28
5:28PM
0.27
5:43AM
0.21
6:05PM
0.21
6:20AM
0.20
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset---8:22-------8:22-------8:21----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919191716161618181919171617171819191817171717
Feels °C (?)161515161514151516161616151413131314151411111111
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