Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 27 Mar 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
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 4AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
NW
1.7
NNW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)141410121211111110101010999141413131313141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161189549116013011917165613771039838747598539432355289265342336277342286290282
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
2.92
6:15PM
2.83
7:00AM
3.00
7:28PM
2.92
8:03AM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
1.19
11:57AM
1.18
12:32AM
1.17
1:17PM
1.07
1:46AM
1.01
2:20PM
0.87
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:22-------7:22
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111111-1---------------
Temp. °C181818181819201918181818181919181716161516181818
Feels °C (?)111212141517192018181919191919191917171516171818
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