Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 08 Nov 2025 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
16.3° 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 5AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (08 Nov)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1.1
W
1.3
WSW
1.2
W
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111211111414141313131313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186330470332589553642930969928837734711711862824722722596587444341341249
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
3.37
12:18PM
3.46
12:41AM
3.23
1:08PM
3.32
1:35AM
3.05
2:03PM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.10
6:35PM
0.24
6:57AM
0.28
7:29PM
0.44
7:48AM
0.50
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Sunrise---6:07-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset-------8:08-------8:09-------8:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C141413131616161514131313161617161514141418201918
Feels °C (?)121210111312121111101111131214131312111114161513
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