Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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 12AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (02 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.2
WSW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121278812111111111110111111111111111111201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)730390582624187359403493657634513450382389347323283256211207169395502578
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
2.88
10:03AM
3.13
10:24PM
3.04
10:44AM
3.26
11:04PM
3.14
11:21AM
3.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
0.28
4:17PM
0.20
4:32AM
0.14
4:58PM
0.07
5:12AM
0.06
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-
Sunset-8:07-------8:05-------8:04------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717131210131313131212121214151514131312121416
Feels °C (?)141311654444545689998910991213
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