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Waitara Bar surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 10AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Feb)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (08 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
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)
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212131313131313131212121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)543543543101211901042922757669659628525517436378429365336280280227223193193
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
5
SW
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
WNW
20
W
15
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
3.07
2:52PM
3.03
3:18AM
2.91
3:38PM
2.84
4:10AM
2.76
4:38PM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.97
9:14PM
0.93
9:37AM
1.15
9:59PM
1.10
10:31AM
1.32
10:55PM
1.25
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:30--
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C191819212121171615151820212217161615181920191716
Feels °C (?)181616171621161515141819182015151514191919181616
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