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Marokopa surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Marokopa today?

The current surf forecast for Marokopa at 9AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111110111212121111111110101010101099910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21202239228518821568103887597710059201083973839656554483418331325269217212164164
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
SE
5
SE
0
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
2.33
5:23PM
2.30
6:09AM
2.29
6:30PM
2.25
7:15AM
2.32
7:35PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
0.94
11:50PM
0.85
12:23PM
1.00
12:52AM
0.87
1:28PM
0.97
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:46-------8:46-------8:45--
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C191917202018151211111821201713131314192121201716
Feels °C (?)191817171715131111101819181613131314192021211816
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