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Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 23 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
17.1° 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 11AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
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)
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131212121212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10831083942756824862640630504538513496421414472472414414414325314303255189
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SE
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
S
15
SSE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
2.91
12:34AM
2.74
12:58PM
2.84
1:13AM
2.65
1:38PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.44
6:33PM
0.55
6:45AM
0.51
7:12PM
0.63
7:25AM
0.59
7:56PM
0.70
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:25-------8:28--
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------134
Temp. °C141416171716141413131617171816161616181920201918
Feels °C (?)131415151513101110111416151615151314151618171614
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