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Greenmeadows surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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Greenmeadows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Greenmeadows sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Greenmeadows today?

The current surf forecast for Greenmeadows at 11PM is: 5.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)18ft (5.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
4.5
SSE
5.5
SSE
5.5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)1391011111110101010101010999999887612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1156293159166811578557224753461049904891453340453217288521741640207918791484866570328153104
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
65
SSE
65
SSE
60
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SSE
55
SSE
60
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
3.19
12:28PM
3.03
12:56AM
3.02
1:21PM
2.80
1:52AM
2.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
0.04
6:22AM
0.18
6:44PM
0.24
7:15AM
0.38
7:38PM
0.46
8:17AM
0.60
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-
Sunset5:47-------5:46-------5:45-------
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
263311733332111---------
Temp. °C141311111011111110111111121112121212121211111113
Feels °C (?)121-2-1-2000-2-100101112344679
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