Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a West direction, 2.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
2
4
4
5
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
3
NNW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
3
NNW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
1.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313138111291213131314151415151414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142015141266102012581421122412452154233925472876402236804100410039193998293922481269721498413
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
N
45
N
25
WNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
3.37
10:30PM
3.38
10:48AM
3.35
11:14PM
3.36
11:33AM
3.25
12:00AM
3.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
-0.00
4:20PM
-0.14
4:42AM
-0.03
5:03PM
-0.10
5:28AM
0.04
5:49PM
0.03
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
22286347321233---694364-
Temp. °C171717161816151515151616161414141313141516151413
Feels °C (?)1112118111213121213141313111111109101214131211
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