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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 12PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.2
W
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)877111966131212121212111514141414149101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3302341982042917319928623373763352151239493640086283482291233552212422174
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
3.14
2:56PM
3.20
3:22AM
2.98
3:41PM
3.01
4:10AM
2.84
4:33PM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
0.84
9:18PM
0.84
9:35AM
1.01
10:03PM
0.97
10:26AM
1.16
10:53PM
1.09
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:51-------8:51-------8:51--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C151620212119181716161920201919191919202121201919
Feels °C (?)131417181716151615151818181820201920192020191817
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