Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 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
19.1° 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: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121111141413131314141414131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2222001512205225694994146976875695294403682732652091361319896946867
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
SW
10
SE
10
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
5
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
3.31
11:49PM
3.34
12:04PM
3.18
12:23AM
3.21
12:40PM
3.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
0.61
5:47PM
0.56
6:04AM
0.77
6:21PM
0.73
6:41AM
0.94
6:58PM
0.91
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:09-------6:07-------6:07--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------134323
Temp. °C151415192019171615151619202017161617161617171717
Feels °C (?)131213171818151413131417191915141313111112111315
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