Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
Marokopa surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 15 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Marokopa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Marokopa sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Marokopa today?
The current surf forecast for Marokopa at 6AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (15 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
| Evening (15 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Marokopa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 329 | 329 | 283 | 215 | 211 | 157 | 137 | 147 | 268 | 208 | 163 | 121 | 184 | 325 | 721 | 399 | 1057 | 2011 | 5200 | 3622 | 6747 | 6533 | 6353 | 5772 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:06AM 2.40 | 7:22PM 2.42 | 7:57AM 2.48 | 8:11PM 2.46 | 8:43AM 2.58 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:48AM 0.71 | 1:14PM 0.84 | 1:38AM 0.68 | 2:06PM 0.79 | 2:25AM 0.63 | 2:53PM 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:40 |
 |  |  |  | | |  | | | | | |  | |  |  | | |  |  |  | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Marokopa surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest