Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 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
19.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
0
2
1
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
W
2.4
W
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
3
NNW
3
NW
2.2
WSW
3
NW
3
NW
1.8
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111212121212131313781088121313131416151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201519571945182417151670164818501086953860103295411101069102417251674216825773354361836753427
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
45
NNW
40
N
45
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
30
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNE
25
NNW
15
NW
20
N
15
NE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
3.59
9:47PM
3.61
10:02AM
3.67
10:28PM
3.70
10:45AM
3.66
11:11PM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
0.28
3:36PM
0.14
3:57AM
0.19
4:18PM
0.11
4:40AM
0.20
5:02PM
0.18
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------1225865534--24336
Temp. °C141416171717171716171717181616161514161716151313
Feels °C (?)101113141314131311111012111113121414151314121112
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