Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Surf Forecast

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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 11 am Saturday 16 Aug 2025 NZST

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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 14.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach at 4PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Evening (16 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Saturday 16					Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	1	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	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	9	9	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	185	209	212	196	234	311	267	301	438	1222	1670	1670	1474	1384	1187	1096	1187	1120	1040	1121	2963	1621	2259	2755
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	NW	N	WNW	W	WSW	W	W	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 3.04					3:12AM 2.98				3:57PM 2.89				4:34AM 2.84				5:32PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.75					9:06PM 0.94				9:32AM 0.97				10:19PM 1.11				10:53AM 1.11				11:47PM 1.15

	Saturday 16					Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach (light winds from the NNE at NewPlymouthAero Aws 16 km from Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach). 0.7m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.2m 5s windswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 22 minutes ago Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach

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16 km away, 1 h 22 min ago

11 km/h

NNE

0.0

14.3

Air / Water (°C)

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