Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 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 10AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111111313121212111114141313131414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123109149103219209187222222200151220522569577414697687659529440368273265
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
E
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
7:21PM
0.73
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:39-------7:39-------7:41-----
Sunset-----7:12-------7:10-------7:08--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151415171717161515151518191817161515151920201817
Feels °C (?)151314151517161413131316181715141313121719181613
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