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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 29 Jan 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
19.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 9PM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
1
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)13181818171616167151515111111111111121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)671621621069713420313293125123123121119151172204204436421426261261503
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
5
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
3.03
7:43PM
3.02
8:29AM
3.22
8:52PM
3.17
9:25AM
3.44
9:49PM
3.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34PM
1.09
2:07AM
0.96
2:44PM
0.90
3:10AM
0.77
3:39PM
0.69
4:02AM
0.58
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:31-------6:33
Sunset---8:40-------8:40-------8:39----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919181615141318212020171717181818181715141312
Feels °C (?)171716151313141217191920171817181716151412111110
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