Waiwakaiho surf break

Waiwakaiho surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Waiwakaiho surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waiwakaiho sea temperature is
19.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waiwakaiho today?

The current surf forecast for Waiwakaiho at 4AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (31 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (31 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
4
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
2
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1016891010999141314141414131313131313131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4071904105618792223159397963042499410181048971957779768669659581572451382382179
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
10
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
NW
10
W
5
SW
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
N
10
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
2.81
9:36AM
3.01
9:58PM
2.96
10:14AM
3.10
10:35PM
3.06
10:49AM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.35
3:49PM
0.22
4:04AM
0.24
4:27PM
0.13
4:43AM
0.17
5:02PM
0.09
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise----7:35-------7:37-------7:37---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171615141518181512121211131617161514141414171716
Feels °C (?)15119891716107797101514151211111212161615
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