Graveyards Surf Forecast

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Graveyards surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 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 15.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Graveyards today?

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 1AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 2.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	12s

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

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		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	0	!	0	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2223	2106	799	1574	2753	2749	2865	2966	3550	6568	5241	5755	6586	7127	6696	5559	4698	4123	3594	3387	3253	3423	3594	1556
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:05PM 3.00				10:26AM 3.02				10:38PM 3.03				10:58AM 3.06				11:10PM 3.02				11:30AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)				4:17AM 0.24				4:34PM 0.31				4:49AM 0.21				5:07PM 0.31				5:21AM 0.24				5:40PM 0.35

		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17
Feels °C (?)	11	11	10	12	12	11	10	12	13	11	9	9	9	10	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update Wind reports 39 km away suggest it is still onshore at Graveyards (moderate winds from the NNW at NewPlymouthAero Aws). 2.1m 7s swell from the WNW with a 1.6m 13s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Graveyards

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39 km away, 1 h 16 min ago

26 km/h

NNW

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15.1

Air / Water (°C)

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