Greenmeadows surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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 cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Greenmeadows today?

The current surf forecast for Greenmeadows at 2PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)13121212121212131110777771112121111111177
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437410397341309260216170219235237265317360326256268309288283251247247255
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
3.11
10:50PM
3.09
11:05AM
3.27
11:26PM
3.22
11:41AM
3.36
12:03AM
3.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.24
4:43PM
0.09
4:57AM
0.07
5:19PM
-0.06
5:34AM
-0.03
5:56PM
-0.13
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:22-------7:24-------7:24-----
Sunset-----7:39-------7:37-------7:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416181817161615151618171617161515161617161515
Feels °C (?)131214161616161713111213121214131313141213121112
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