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Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
18.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)667777777678776121213777121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115132241316303251186229186170352649518306192247264286307369297939887819
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
15
W
20
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
3.32
1:49AM
3.05
2:08PM
3.15
2:33AM
2.90
2:51PM
2.96
3:17AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.45
7:58AM
0.52
8:30PM
0.56
8:43AM
0.68
9:13PM
0.69
9:30AM
0.85
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-8:53-------8:53-------8:53------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817161616171918181717171718191918181717161820
Feels °C (?)151616141314151715161515151416151515151416151617
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