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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 24 Nov 2025 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
17.4° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 4AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 24). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (24 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (24 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
2.1
NNW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)1311111312121212121212121212121111111111111178
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)520427517204325336299294378371289243243243195189163128128848460495611
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
20
N
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
25
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
3.15
12:55PM
3.29
1:17AM
3.06
1:37PM
3.20
2:03AM
2.96
2:24PM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
0.83
7:13PM
0.97
7:29AM
0.92
7:58PM
1.04
8:14AM
1.01
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:52----
Sunset-------8:23-------8:24-------8:25
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------1-1--1111
Temp. °C151412121517171715151515171920201917171718202019
Feels °C (?)12119111415151615141313161820171715151415171818
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