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Stent Road surf break

Stent Road surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Stent Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stent Road sea temperature is
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Stent Road today?

The current surf forecast for Stent Road at 3AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

Table - waves today at Stent Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121212122120202018181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178180178178175172167162122981079469231304395395464559553563505493575
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
25
E
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
15
SE
10
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
NW
30
WNW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:06AM
2.96
12:25PM
3.15
12:42AM
2.98
1:01PM
3.16
1:19AM
2.96
1:37PM
3.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14AM
0.22
6:39PM
0.23
6:50AM
0.21
7:17PM
0.22
7:29AM
0.25
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset-------8:49-------8:49-------8:47
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-121-12611651---------32
Temp. °C171616171818181718191818181919181818181818191817
Feels °C (?)141313141515151416181719161616151515161717181513
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