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Desperation Point surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 22 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
16.6° 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 12AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)--
Afternoon (23 Nov)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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)
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1514141414141413131313138812121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12081130982969862799662581572640555444501459314336330325378325325325273239
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
ESE
0
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ENE
0
NE
0
WNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
2.97
12:13PM
3.11
12:33AM
2.92
12:50PM
3.05
1:12AM
2.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
0.65
6:08AM
0.59
6:28PM
0.72
6:45AM
0.67
7:08PM
0.81
7:24AM
0.76
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:24-------8:25-------8:27------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514131314161717161413131316171616151415151819
Feels °C (?)14151413131415151413119101014161412121114151819
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