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Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.0° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131414131313131314141515141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201919601783161914081465132613871387124312241224120611101299143514961496124010991083969942850
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:46PM
2.88
11:08AM
2.98
11:21PM
2.87
11:43AM
2.96
11:57PM
2.82
12:20PM
2.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.36
5:19PM
0.46
5:31AM
0.38
5:55PM
0.49
6:07AM
0.44
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:56-------5:56--
Sunset-8:22-------8:22-------8:23------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161614141414161717161515141516171717151515151616
Feels °C (?)141514141414151515151515151616151415141516161513
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