Graveyards surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
20.3° 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: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (19 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
!
!
!
2
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
2
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)16161616777788889999913131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40739751942540743444745648150749479514971704161711999502631254825482548258826272603
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
NW
25
NW
25
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
3.31
12:19AM
3.18
12:35PM
3.32
12:56AM
3.17
1:12PM
3.26
1:35AM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
0.02
6:27AM
0.05
6:51PM
0.01
7:06AM
0.10
7:30PM
0.07
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58
Sunset---8:21-------8:19-------8:17----
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--12------1-------------
Temp. °C181818191716171718181817161615151516171615161616
Feels °C (?)151515171412131314131410998101011131212121212
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