Opunake Beach surf break

Opunake Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 01 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Opunake Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Opunake Beach sea temperature is
15.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Opunake Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Opunake Beach at 4AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (01 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
2
0
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)7712131312121212121212121212131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3663823063826305215044964353903303143303093364302452451721701591229996
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
10
SSE
5
S
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:31AM
2.55
6:54PM
2.78
7:30AM
2.72
7:47PM
2.96
8:24AM
2.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
0.89
12:44PM
0.85
1:20AM
0.67
1:42PM
0.64
2:12AM
0.42
2:34PM
0.41
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Sunrise---6:15-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:01-------8:02
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131211111214131312111212131414131212121214141414
Feels °C (?)910109911101111101010101010101010101011101011
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