Opunake Beach Surf Forecast

/ Taranaki (31 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.46° S 173.86° E)

Surf Forecasts

Opunake Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 11 Jul 2025 NZST

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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 15.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Opunake Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Opunake Beach at 8AM is: 1.2m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 11). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	17s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Evening (11 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	15s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Friday 11							Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	!	!	!	!	4	3	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1181	830	826	789	632	766	1022	478	802	1329	1537	1505	2267	3002	4086	6159	6838	6011	5806	5683	5241	6796	10185	9314	8378	6838	6070	5108	4305	3555	5925	2548	1935	1644	1019	1196	1383	1466	1691	1935	7373	3609	3445	2986	2490	2039	1766	1511	1255	1121	800	602	507	486	508	605	532	461	318	354
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	NW	N	NNE	ESE	E	ENE	E	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:02AM 3.03				10:18PM 3.24				10:40AM 3.10				10:56PM 3.31				11:18AM 3.14				11:34PM 3.34				11:57AM 3.14					12:14AM 3.33				12:39PM 3.11				12:56AM 3.26				1:23PM 3.04				1:40AM 3.16				2:11PM 2.95				2:31AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)		3:52AM 0.63				4:10PM 0.51				4:31AM 0.56				4:48PM 0.45				5:10AM 0.50				5:27PM 0.41				5:52AM 0.47					6:06PM 0.43				6:34AM 0.47				6:49PM 0.48				7:19AM 0.50				7:35PM 0.57				8:05AM 0.56				8:26PM 0.68				8:54AM 0.65

	Friday 11							Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	13	36	3	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	7	7	2	1	1	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	10	11	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	13
Feels °C (?)	11	10	9	7	8	12	11	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	8	6	8	6	3	3	4	3	4	5	7	4	6	4	6

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