Graveyards Surf Forecast

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Graveyards surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 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 14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Graveyards today?

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 4PM is: 2.4m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	8ft (2.4m)	16s
Evening (18 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	14s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Taranaki Surf

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	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	16	14	14	8	9	9	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1652	1454	2827	1715	3924	1773	2592	2664	2960	2404	2755	4451	5077	4788	3995	2971	2162	1664	1307	1192	1522	1682	1451	1432
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	W	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	W	SW	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				5:21PM 2.56				5:57AM 2.49					6:42PM 2.64				7:13AM 2.59				7:47PM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00AM 0.73				11:45PM 0.81					12:17PM 0.70				1:00AM 0.71				1:25PM 0.59				2:02AM 0.55

	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	5	1	2	-	1	2	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	13	12	11	11	10	10	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	9
Feels °C (?)	10	9	6	7	4	2	3	4	5	2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	1	2	1	2	4	5	5	4

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Graveyards (calm at Waiongana wx 35 km from Graveyards). 1.4m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.3m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 1.0m 16s long period groundswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 45 minutes ago Graveyards

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35 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

2 km/h

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0.0

14.2

Air / Water (°C)

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