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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 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 1.6°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 8AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121111111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29044035529926521516916012612810184828260606084636463616060
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
10
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
5
ENE
10
WNW
5
NE
10
E
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
3.20
10:15PM
3.12
10:32AM
3.34
10:53PM
3.24
11:08AM
3.45
11:29PM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
0.91
4:07PM
0.93
4:24AM
0.79
4:44PM
0.81
5:01AM
0.68
5:20PM
0.72
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset-----8:49-------8:49-------8:47--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151620222420171513131620221816141213162120191815
Feels °C (?)141418202115119761015191211979121918181612
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