Kina Road surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 24 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 4AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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)11s

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
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
NW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
W
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211111111112018181716161610141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)204135135101636355515578107105134625859118127160221186222227253
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
3.35
9:55AM
3.19
10:16PM
3.42
10:38AM
3.22
10:57PM
3.41
11:17AM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
0.44
4:06PM
0.36
4:30AM
0.38
4:47PM
0.33
5:12AM
0.38
5:27PM
0.37
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Sunrise----7:35-------7:33-------7:33---
Sunset------5:27-------5:28-------5:29-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111010101011121111111011111314131313131313141414
Feels °C (?)98877898887871011101110101110111212
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Kina Road (calm at Tumahu wx 18 km from Kina Road). 0.6m 13s groundswell from the WSW

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3.0
15.0
Air / Water (°C)
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