Opunake Beach surf break

Opunake Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 11 Jul 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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) & DateWave HeightWave 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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
W
1.7
WSW
2.1
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)17171716161615141499910111213141414141414161615151414141313131212118999101513141313131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)11818308267896327661022478802132915371505226730024086615968386011580656835241679610185931483786838607051084305355559252548193516441019119613831466169119357373360934452986249020391766151112551121800602507486508605532461318354
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
40
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
NW
10
N
0
NNE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
15
E
25
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
40
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
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-------
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Rain (mm)
---713363-111121111111211121221----241-------------1377211---1
Temp. °C14141414141515141313131414131313121212131312111213131313131211111212131313121312121212131311101110910111111111112131213
Feels °C (?)111097812111088999899888997668999977666766677799911868633434574646
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