Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
SW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131215151515141414141412121211111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2322772732192152122092371911914434433288764534671038907715669536305300225
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
SW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
2.49
1:52AM
2.49
2:14PM
2.32
2:52AM
2.35
3:22PM
2.20
4:08AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
0.83
8:12AM
0.97
8:34PM
0.97
9:18AM
1.08
9:46PM
1.05
10:36AM
1.08
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset-6:07-------6:05-------6:04------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181616161616171818181716151415171818171818181820
Feels °C (?)171517171716161718191715131315161515141717181820
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