Kina Road surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 25 Jul 2025 NZST
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Kina Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kina Road sea temperature is
15.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kina Road today?

The current surf forecast for Kina Road at 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (25 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (25 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.8
NW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
NW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121171110101812151616161510141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6363535159105139791081375749102161167228158186203279169165192162
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
3.19
10:16PM
3.42
10:38AM
3.22
10:57PM
3.41
11:17AM
3.19
11:36PM
3.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
0.36
4:30AM
0.38
4:47PM
0.33
5:12AM
0.38
5:27PM
0.37
5:53AM
0.42
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Sunrise7:35-------7:33-------7:33-------
Sunset--5:27-------5:28-------5:29-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101112111111111011131413131312121314141315131312
Feels °C (?)78998887810111010119911121110121097
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  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Kina Road (light winds from the N at Tumahu wx 18 km from Kina Road). 0.4m 12s groundswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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19 km/h
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15.0
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