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Sky Williams surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Sky Williams surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sky Williams sea temperature is
19.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sky Williams today?

The current surf forecast for Sky Williams at 10PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

Table - waves today at Sky Williams. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
2.5
WNW
3
W
4
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)121211777111111111111111212121212121278910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)325314298334325293256251256215261223227235235239239239199174521107026134140
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
30
NW
40
NNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
50
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
2.87
10:27AM
3.09
10:49PM
3.01
11:12AM
3.23
11:33PM
3.11
11:54AM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.26
4:43PM
0.21
5:00AM
0.11
5:28PM
0.08
5:43AM
0.03
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:35--
Sunset-8:42-------8:40-------8:39------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------31-1-2111
Temp. °C181715151414161817171514141517182122202016151516
Feels °C (?)14131112101113151415131312121619212118159766
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