Marokopa surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT
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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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Marokopa today?

The current surf forecast for Marokopa at 9AM is: 2.5m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 20s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 6.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)8ft (2.5m)18s
Afternoon (17 Oct)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (17 Oct)10ft (3.0m)17s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
5
5
7
6
5
5
5
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
0
0
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)201318181817171616161616161616141416161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91016314899549759156127564747733895330927662472219820072143132117733257333031753923456640763642
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
5
N
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
WSW
0
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
2.46
8:00PM
2.66
8:28AM
2.60
8:44PM
2.76
9:08AM
2.74
9:21PM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
0.66
1:40PM
0.65
2:13AM
0.52
2:30PM
0.53
2:56AM
0.39
3:12PM
0.43
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:33-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset-----7:39-------7:40-------7:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------13--
Temp. °C9814161513109881315151411101113161615121112
Feels °C (?)861214131210877111213131081011131212878
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind at Marokopa have swung cross-off (light winds from the ENE at Port Taharoa Automatic Weather Station 16 km from Marokopa). 2.0m 8s swell from the WSW with a 0.9m 13s groundswell, also from the WSW and a 0.7m 19s long period groundswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

    Marokopa
  2. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-shore wind 16 km from Back Beach has fallen light (light winds from the E at NewPlymouthAero Aws). Waves should be turning clean at Back Beach. 2.3m 14s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.0m 19s long period groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

    Back Beach
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16 km away, 48 min ago

15 km/h
ENE
0.0
15.5
Air / Water (°C)
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