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Waitara Bar Surf Forecast
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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today?
The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 11PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 14s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Waitara Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2187 | 712 | 856 | 1016 | 2055 | 2990 | 3917 | 3131 | 2324 | 2032 | 1829 | 1980 | 1195 | 3700 | 3408 | 2868 | 2722 | 2252 | 2056 | 1643 | 1461 | 1200 | 1029 | 882 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:38PM 3.00 | 7:03AM 2.92 | 7:34PM 3.16 | 7:58AM 3.07 | 8:21PM 3.30 | 8:43AM 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:14PM 1.17 | 12:54AM 1.07 | 1:20PM 1.00 | 1:49AM 0.88 | 2:11PM 0.79 | 2:34AM 0.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki
Wind reports 4 km away suggest it is still onshore at Waitara Bar (strong winds from the NW at NewPlymouthAero Aws). 2.3m 8s swell from the WNW with a 1.1m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 h 26 min ago
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