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Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
19.8° 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 1PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141010111212111111111012121211111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11431091111112886469861625250232103343271822131326101511381426142211261008787808676676370
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
35
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
2.48
4:35PM
2.50
5:14AM
2.38
5:34PM
2.37
6:19AM
2.34
6:41PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
0.85
11:02PM
0.81
11:29AM
0.98
12:01AM
0.89
12:34PM
1.04
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:52-------8:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11--------------
Temp. °C181920202020202017171718171715141515161717161515
Feels °C (?)171818181818171612151314121312111313151514131213
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