Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 17 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 9PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)--
Afternoon (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (17 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
1.3
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.4
WNW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111166771111111111101010999998131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20714911911120627127146910359699189288256875664403593182462351734848501407
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
5
NE
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58PM
2.76
9:23AM
2.82
9:35PM
2.82
9:59AM
2.91
10:10PM
2.86
10:33AM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.45
3:31PM
0.54
3:47AM
0.39
4:08PM
0.48
4:21AM
0.36
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:58-------5:58--
Sunset-8:19-------8:20-------8:21------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------12114211-------
Temp. °C191917171616181919181818181817171717171717171717
Feels °C (?)171614121212141617171718191915161515161516181615
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