Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 6PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212151414141413131313131312121215151612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131969469555456138180178168158154151149149150138129129172172306144
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
E
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
15
NNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
3.01
1:02AM
3.05
1:24PM
2.84
1:50AM
2.87
2:23PM
2.67
2:54AM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
0.94
6:58PM
0.91
7:24AM
1.12
7:41PM
1.09
8:16AM
1.27
8:34PM
1.24
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:05-------6:04----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-22334333---------------
Temp. °C161515161718181818181817151515141619191715151414
Feels °C (?)121211121213151518171716151413121418181715151313
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