Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 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
19.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
NW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161213141412121211111110101010991312127887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3771444756316496285635003793662342251781259461616086853701271937600
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
15
S
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
WSW
35
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
2.72
3:37PM
2.57
4:12AM
2.67
4:50PM
2.57
5:24AM
2.73
5:56PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
1.36
9:44PM
1.32
10:34AM
1.34
11:02PM
1.28
11:48AM
1.20
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00------5:59---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------6613185--
Temp. °C141214192119161716161720242119191818181918181818
Feels °C (?)131113181917131514141619232018171615141514141314
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