Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 05 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rocky Lefts today?

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 7PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
2.4
N
1.8
N
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1414131313141414141413131313131212121212128714
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)213662711824679111411149828266436345364213512811931491471479494652321261
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
0
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
NE
10
E
5
E
15
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
50
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
20
N
10
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
2.99
11:52PM
2.98
12:06PM
2.84
12:27AM
2.83
12:42PM
2.67
1:06AM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
0.32
6:04AM
0.46
6:18PM
0.47
6:41AM
0.63
6:56PM
0.65
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:10-------6:09-------6:07----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1310413125-
Temp. °C171818181817161617191919181717171516171718171617
Feels °C (?)141618171715131314161819161313129991113161617
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