Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Graveyards today (30 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 7PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.1m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (30 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (30 Aug) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Graveyards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1482 | 1114 | 1693 | 2055 | 2880 | 4142 | 4648 | 5320 | 5321 | 5345 | 6188 | 7999 | 8977 | 8831 | 8404 | 7986 | 7285 | 7032 | 6355 | 5664 | 5046 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 10:58AM3.12m | 11:13PM3.24m | 11:33AM3.13m | 11:48PM3.20m | 12:10PM3.08m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:05PM0.12m | 5:27AM0.07m | 5:42PM0.16m | 6:05AM0.12m | 6:21PM0.25m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  | | | | |  | |  | | | | | | |
 | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 7 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 11 | WSW 22 | WSW 22 |
| kJ | 5 | 813 | 844 | 848 | 838 | 501 | 1292 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 45 | 46 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 7 | N 9 | N 9 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 12 | S 11 |
| kJ | 5 | 6 | 2 | 620 | 493 | 371 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 7 | N 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 22 | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
| kJ | 1482 | 1114 | 1693 | 2055 | 2880 | 4142 | 4648 | 5320 | 5321 | 5345 | 6188 | 7999 | 8977 | 8831 | 8404 | 7986 | 7285 | 7032 | 6355 | 5664 | 5046 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 254 | 254 | 279 | 276 | 276 | 254 | 284 | 276 | 284 | 272 | 272 | 272 | 272 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 135 | 131 | 246 | 246 | 246 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Graveyards surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest