Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 3AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111131312121211111414131313141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6796123109149103219209187222222200151220522569577414697687569529440368
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
SW
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
0
N
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45PM
3.47
11:59AM
3.41
12:17AM
3.43
12:31PM
3.31
12:49AM
3.34
1:04PM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
0.49
6:13PM
0.44
6:29AM
0.61
6:47PM
0.56
7:04AM
0.77
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----7:39-------7:39-------7:41---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:10-------7:08
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616151517181716161515151819181717161516202020
Feels °C (?)171616141416171616151313131618171615141213182019
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