Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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 1.0°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 10AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313121515151514141414141212121111111010131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2152122092371911914434433323185294601159739715605536305300220208149113103
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
0
SSW
5
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
15
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
2.49
2:14PM
2.32
2:52AM
2.35
3:22PM
2.20
4:08AM
2.29
4:46PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.97
8:34PM
0.97
9:18AM
1.08
9:46PM
1.05
10:36AM
1.08
11:02PM
1.02
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:46-------6:47-------6:48-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:04-------6:01--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161617181817161515141517191817181717181920212121
Feels °C (?)161616171816141313121516161514161516171818202020
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