Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Surf Forecast

/ Taranaki (31 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.07° S 174.02° E)

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Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 24 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach at 11PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (24 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Evening (24 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s

Table - waves today at Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 24			Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	8	9	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1886	1381	1426	1288	1180	1059	1018	819	711	691	785	1065	1268	1113	404	427	626	1754	836	1089	2092	1892	1157	787
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:19AM 3.17				12:37PM 3.25				12:53AM 3.07					1:12PM 3.15				1:30AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17PM 0.66				6:33AM 0.61				6:51PM 0.79					7:08AM 0.75				7:30PM 0.93				7:47AM 0.90

	Friday 24			Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Back Beach (light winds from the WSW at NewPlymouthAero Aws 16 km from Back Beach). 2.3m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.4m 11s groundswell from the WNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
49 minutes ago Back Beach

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16 km away, 49 min ago

11 km/h

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15.7

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