Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 02 Jul 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
15.6° 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 11AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (02 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (02 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
W
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313131313131616171715151616151510111211121211111110101099101010109991313131313131313131313131314131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1159114399983966966458657850346439048438385849851045749139840834454123592089309427752518229922752272200615871365129798683810121056981780621493312292256233219201224200193183141137116120125908885
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
N
35
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
15
SW
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
N
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
2.84
2:39PM
2.64
2:59AM
2.69
3:30PM
2.54
3:53AM
2.58
4:29PM
2.48
4:55AM
2.51
5:42PM
2.49
6:03AM
2.51
6:50PM
2.58
7:05AM
2.57
7:41PM
2.72
7:57AM
2.67
8:24PM
2.86
8:42AM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.80
8:51PM
0.94
9:22AM
0.89
9:44PM
1.05
10:15AM
0.95
10:46PM
1.11
11:18AM
0.98
11:58PM
1.11
12:27PM
0.96
1:04AM
1.05
1:24PM
0.89
1:54AM
0.94
2:11PM
0.79
2:36AM
0.83
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise--7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-
Sunset----5:10-------5:12-------5:12-------5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:14-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111010111212131313131415161616161616161717161616151514151513131212121212121211109991111108777810101110910101012
Feels °C (?)87681091098991010121514131212111110111111111011148976787655643465521234677667779
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