Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocky Lefts today?

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 7PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
3
S
3.5
SSW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1414141212121111111010131312121212127877812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88957810958267156805363053002202081641131031041011311317141331979764730505
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
W
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SSE
0
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
45
SW
35
W
30
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
2.20
4:08AM
2.29
4:46PM
2.20
5:26AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
1.08
9:46PM
1.05
10:36AM
1.08
11:02PM
1.02
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---6:04-------6:01-------6:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------6316175----
Temp. °C151819181818181718191920202020181819181818181818
Feels °C (?)141816151516171617201719191920151515131113151615
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