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Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Rocky Lefts surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rocky Lefts sea temperature is
19.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocky Lefts today?

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 1AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (05 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111178888812121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10921008901787698638603536527458366441489200302477558558588441390472500763
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
NE
5
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
3.13
1:02PM
3.26
1:21AM
3.04
1:38PM
3.11
1:59AM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.09
7:19PM
0.13
7:32AM
0.23
7:57PM
0.27
8:11AM
0.42
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:36------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191916161616181818181616161716171717171717181819
Feels °C (?)141512141414191817161414131412131314151515171618
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