Graveyards surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Graveyards today?

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 5PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
!
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!
!
!
!
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3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101099999887713181813161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)327228233279343834382766232619151684189315831487987632476251107108176174159201475277
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
3.07
12:50AM
3.09
1:15PM
2.85
1:47AM
2.90
2:18PM
2.63
2:55AM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.18
6:39PM
0.21
7:12AM
0.37
7:34PM
0.42
8:14AM
0.56
8:39PM
0.62
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------
Sunset--5:47-------5:46-------5:45-----
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1112321-----------------
Temp. °C111111111011121212121212111111101113131212121111
Feels °C (?)2220-12333344456678878987
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