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Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 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 12PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
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)
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
W
1.9
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211151414141414101011121211111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31999787473570156312201143114312231344160365410761485301729233145276722751351119713841536
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
35
NNW
35
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
2.62
3:43PM
2.67
4:15AM
2.48
4:35PM
2.50
5:14AM
2.38
5:34PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
0.68
10:09PM
0.68
10:29AM
0.85
11:02PM
0.81
11:29AM
0.98
12:01AM
0.89
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:52-------8:52--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1-11------
Temp. °C171718192019191818192020201920191917171717171515
Feels °C (?)171818192019191717181818181718151514121212131113
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