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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 9PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111111111111141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82826060616164646361616161618485858773717171175172
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
5
NNW
5
S
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		oncross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
3.24
11:08AM
3.45
11:29PM
3.32
11:44AM
3.54
12:05AM
3.38
12:20PM
3.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44PM
0.81
5:01AM
0.68
5:20PM
0.72
5:37AM
0.60
5:57PM
0.65
6:13AM
0.55
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:18-------6:20--
Sunset-8:49-------8:47-------8:47------
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clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201916141414172222211816161618191819181716151921
Feels °C (?)141311999132020201613131315181618161514131719
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