Waitara Bar Surf Forecast

/ Taranaki (31 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.99° S 174.22° E)

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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 04 Jul 2025 NZST

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Waitara Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Waitara Bar sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 7PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (04 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	9s
Evening (04 Jul)	8ft (2.5m)	11s

Table - waves today at Waitara Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

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	Friday 04			Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Sat 12
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1740	1664	1988	1950	1986	2008	1826	1509	1214	1118	977	903	830	713	618	531	419	299	323	312	257	209	229	236	275	204	233	199	139	180	182	174	138	115	116	124	119	113	188	174	207	288	398	406	407	406	395	371	413	465	341	661	797	840	1307	1333	1367	1348	1626	1193
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	E	E	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	N	N	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	ESE	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:34PM 2.69				5:00AM 2.73				5:47PM 2.71					6:08AM 2.72				6:55PM 2.80				7:10AM 2.79				7:46PM 2.94				8:02AM 2.90				8:29PM 3.09				8:47AM 3.03					9:08PM 3.24				9:28AM 3.15				9:45PM 3.38				10:07AM 3.26				10:23PM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)				10:51PM 1.28				11:23AM 1.15					12:03AM 1.28				12:32PM 1.12				1:09AM 1.21				1:29PM 1.05				1:59AM 1.11				2:16PM 0.95				2:41AM 1.00				2:58PM 0.85					3:20AM 0.89				3:37PM 0.75				3:57AM 0.79				4:15PM 0.66

	Friday 04			Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Sat 12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	4	9	10	5	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	17	16	15	14	13	14	15	13	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	11	9	7	6	6	6	8	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	9	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	14	13
Feels °C (?)	12	13	14	14	13	15	13	14	15	11	7	6	5	4	4	7	9	7	5	2	1	1	1	4	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	3	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	11	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	12	13	12	11	8

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