Rocky Lefts surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 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
18.7° 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 10PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
3
NW
3
NW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
3.5
NNW
4
NNW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)10111111111212121212131313138810119913131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36413513325029312830291528752521228222212216220113011387942111312261408214026972310231026652786
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
N
40
N
40
N
50
N
50
N
50
NNW
25
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
20
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:08PM
3.17
9:24AM
3.30
9:49PM
3.32
10:05AM
3.37
10:30PM
3.38
10:48AM
3.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
0.10
3:38PM
-0.09
3:58AM
-0.00
4:20PM
-0.14
4:42AM
-0.03
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---1----1---1171055872321
Temp. °C161515151515161717161717171717171818171615151617
Feels °C (?)7899101013141312131211111111101091215141313
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