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Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 21 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
16.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Desperation Point today?

The current surf forecast for Desperation Point at 12AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)--
Afternoon (22 Nov)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (22 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131415141414141414131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1190950950837837824950130113371130982969862799662581649563444444437417403336
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
0
E
5
NNW
10
NW
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
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		onononglassglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22PM
2.99
11:39AM
3.14
11:57PM
2.97
12:13PM
3.11
12:33AM
2.92
12:50PM
3.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.60
5:33AM
0.52
5:52PM
0.65
6:08AM
0.59
6:28PM
0.72
6:45AM
0.67
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:23-------8:24-------8:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161614141414161716161414141516161615141313131516
Feels °C (?)13141212131314151415141414151514131110910101214
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