Graveyards surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Graveyards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Graveyards sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Graveyards today?

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 12PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212111111131212121211141413131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28622320914719012315418017421114915735132530435334130222267280592211101265
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
3.16
11:46PM
3.14
11:59AM
3.10
12:19AM
3.08
12:32PM
2.99
12:52AM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
0.18
5:39PM
0.11
5:56AM
0.22
6:12PM
0.19
6:30AM
0.32
6:44PM
0.32
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise--7:39-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151416171817171717171718181717161616171818181918
Feels °C (?)141215151715161616171516161617141313151517161716
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