Rocky Rights surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
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Rocky Rights surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rocky Rights sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Rocky Rights today?

The current surf forecast for Rocky Rights at 7PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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4
4
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.9
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
3.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)11111111121414141313131212121212111111106778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30202324249626222002439541553413314526762422211217571444130210477995934522852665687661483
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
35
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
50
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
2.78
8:01AM
2.72
8:22PM
2.94
8:44AM
2.87
9:01PM
3.06
9:21AM
2.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.54
2:07PM
0.47
2:35AM
0.37
2:50PM
0.33
3:14AM
0.24
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:16-
Sunset-6:16-------6:17-------6:19------
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141212121110911121199989111112131212111213
Feels °C (?)966654478646645657633223
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  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Rocky Rights (moderate winds from the WSW at NewPlymouthAero Aws 40 km from Rocky Rights). 3.3m 11s groundswell from the W with a 0.8m 11s groundswell, also from the W. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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22 km/h
WSW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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