Waitara Bar Surf Forecast

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Waitara Bar Surf Forecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 11 May 2021 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 17.9 °C (Statistics for 11 May 1981-2005 - mean: 16.6 max: 17.8 min: 15.0 °C)

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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 17.9 °C (Statistics for 11 May 1981-2005 - mean: 16.6 max: 17.8 min: 15.0 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Waitara Bar (fresh winds from the N at New Plymouth 6 km from Waitara Bar).
46 minutes ago Waitara Bar

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How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 2PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 May)	3ft (0.9m)	16s
Afternoon (11 May)	6ft (1.8m)	7s
Evening (11 May)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s

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

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Tuesday 11					Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM


WSW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	NNE	WSW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW
16	7	7	7	8	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	8	8	10	11	10	11	10	14	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13

371	237	346	452	595	796	811	834	930	904	733	577	491	408	458	429	319	313	285	320	351	346	330	255	251	247	180	177	137	115	135	71	441	542	418	393	522	449	384	342	402	1025	820	1280	2500	2764	1797	1268	1000	917	917	1021	1608	2522	2546	4605	6001	6148	4783	3614
N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	W	WSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	SW
cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	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- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
	9:30AM 3.30				9:53PM 3.38				10:03AM 3.32				10:25PM 3.42				10:36AM 3.31				10:56PM 3.41				11:09AM 3.27				11:29PM 3.37				11:43AM 3.20					12:05AM 3.28				12:22PM 3.09				12:45AM 3.16				1:07PM 2.96				1:33AM 3.03				2:02PM 2.84
			3:44PM 0.51				4:01AM 0.58				4:16PM 0.52				4:34AM 0.62				4:49PM 0.57				5:08AM 0.69				5:22PM 0.66				5:43AM 0.80				5:58PM 0.77					6:23AM 0.92				6:36PM 0.90				7:07AM 1.03				7:20PM 1.03				7:59AM 1.12
Note: the tide data above is for Waitara River Entrance, New Zealand which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Waitara Bar.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at Waitara Bar blow from the SSE

Tuesday 11					Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM

rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
1	1	1	6	5	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	1	1	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	7	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	3	14	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	6	2	2
17	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	16	17	16	14	15	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
16	16	16	16	16	17	18	16	16	10	9	8	9	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	11	12	15	16	15	12	13	17	15	13	14	13	12	11	11	12	12	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	12	11	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13
7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
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