Graveyards surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Graveyards today?

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 8AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)121114141313131414141414131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3413072136627118246791114111498282664363453642135128119318714714414414291
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
0
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
5
ESE
10
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
45
NE
40
NE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
2.99
11:52PM
2.98
12:06PM
2.84
12:27AM
2.83
12:42PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.32
5:44PM
0.32
6:04AM
0.46
6:18PM
0.47
6:41AM
0.63
6:56PM
0.65
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:41-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:09-------6:07--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------18527
Temp. °C161617181817181716161719191918171717161616171817
Feels °C (?)13141517181517151313141617191613131310910101217
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