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Marokopa surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Marokopa today?

The current surf forecast for Marokopa at 11PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
SW
1
SW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
1.7
S
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131212131212777777661515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24361810113998690833029227842054060063551442733922588142169133121120113111
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
3.17
12:11PM
2.97
12:39AM
3.02
1:04PM
2.76
1:36AM
2.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.15
6:29PM
0.19
7:03AM
0.33
7:25PM
0.39
8:05AM
0.51
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset5:46-------5:45-------5:44-------
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21--------2131----------
Temp. °C1513121111101011111099910101314109766914
Feels °C (?)15131110977766445558966433712
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