Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
18.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocky Lefts today?

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 5AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (28 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121313131414131313131212127881211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)700775679591610799863957929888772760668637730390515609183359329396593582
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
0
S
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSE
35
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
2.51
8:18AM
2.73
8:47PM
2.69
9:16AM
2.94
9:40PM
2.88
10:03AM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
0.66
2:35PM
0.60
2:56AM
0.47
3:30PM
0.39
3:47AM
0.28
4:17PM
0.20
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset-------8:07-------8:07-------8:05
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515161717181818181716161717171614121113141514
Feels °C (?)13131214161616161719181616141313118556678
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