Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 02 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (03 Nov)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (03 Nov)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121213111111111212121211111112151215151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28929428617296766698961149185606455424242424273104104154
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
N
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
3.19
8:29AM
3.16
8:42PM
3.38
9:19AM
3.39
9:31PM
3.55
10:05AM
3.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47PM
0.79
2:17AM
0.56
2:39PM
0.56
3:05AM
0.33
3:28PM
0.35
3:51AM
0.17
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:11-------6:09--
Sunset-7:59-------8:00-------8:01------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1514131210101315151514131212151615141210991315
Feels °C (?)131212119912131313121311121314121198871213
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