Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Desperation Point today (11 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Desperation Point at 4PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am June 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Jun) | 5ft (1.5m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (11 Jun) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
| Evening (11 Jun) | 5ft (1.6m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Desperation Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Thu morning, fresh winds from the W by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 814 | 791 | 615 | 1199 | 1184 | 975 | 899 | 732 | 630 | 638 | 740 | 859 | 784 | 845 | 702 | 777 | 528 | 1358 | 978 | 892 | 911 | 899 | 874 | 850 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 6:12PM2.78m | 6:27AM2.91m | 7:17PM2.96m | 7:31AM3.03m | 8:13PM3.17m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:52AM0.65m | 00:25AM0.73m | 12:56PM0.53m | 1:29AM0.57m | 1:55PM0.40m | 2:26AM0.42m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | | | |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 |
 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | 5:06 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Feels °C | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 7 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
| kJ | 814 | 791 | 615 | 1199 | 1184 | 975 | 899 | 732 | 630 | 638 | 222 | 859 | 784 | 845 | 702 | 777 | 528 | 1358 | 978 | 892 | 911 | 899 | 874 | 850 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | WSW 18 | SSE 11 | WSW 16 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 16 | WSW 9 | W 9 | WSW 9 | W 8 | W 7 | W 6 | WSW 20 |
| kJ | 273 | 344 | 427 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 62 | 11 | 740 | 141 | 53 | 25 | 273 | 348 | 499 | 135 | 126 | 77 | 103 | 81 | 68 | 154 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 13 | — | WSW 20 | — | — | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 5 | SSE 4 | WSW 13 | — | W 24 | W 24 | WSW 22 | WSW 21 | WSW 21 | S 10 |
| kJ | 9 | 18 | 9 | 29 | — | 38 | — | — | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 198 | — | 11 | 11 | 47 | 90 | 89 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 3 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | — | SSE 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | — | — | — | — | NNW 3 | N 3 | NNW 4 | — | — | W 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 6 | 44 | 191 | 282 | 396 | 431 | 366 | — | 9 | 24 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 8 | — | — | 60 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 1 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 149 | 62 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Desperation Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest