Punihos surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 06 Jul 2025 NZST
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Punihos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Punihos sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Punihos today?

The current surf forecast for Punihos at 4AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (07 Jul)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (07 Jul)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
2.2
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
WSW
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313131313131313131313131389998888191919171817161616151514911121314141414141313121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)34135435936032632631429830133127525925524921818118218421323517420818475511341037896679572644514669709119016121137126411141109196218441600172423483827594581721126212640115119808780567295574453939113355293835533422
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
N
35
NNE
25
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
2.45
6:56AM
2.44
7:32PM
2.55
7:49AM
2.52
8:20PM
2.67
8:36AM
2.62
9:04PM
2.79
9:20AM
2.73
9:45PM
2.91
10:01AM
2.82
10:25PM
3.01
10:41AM
2.88
11:03PM
3.08
11:20AM
2.92
11:42PM
3.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
0.93
1:11PM
0.78
1:42AM
0.85
2:01PM
0.69
2:30AM
0.74
2:46PM
0.58
3:14AM
0.62
3:29PM
0.46
3:56AM
0.50
4:10PM
0.37
4:37AM
0.40
4:50PM
0.29
5:17AM
0.32
5:30PM
0.25
5:58AM
0.27
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Sunrise----7:43-------7:43-------7:43-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------
Sunset------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------5:16-------5:17-------5:19-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C877779108887781011101010101010111111111111111213131313141414141515151413131314131314131313131313121212121212
Feels °C (?)333336855544578776665656667781010101011101010111012119878568786786444466
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