Waiwakaiho surf break

Waiwakaiho surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.9° 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 1AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
WNW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)141212121111111010101099131312127788777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)649628598500435366234225160125946161605986117681738593442336343550
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
E
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
40
SW
35
WSW
30
W
20
WNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
2.18
4:04AM
2.28
4:43PM
2.17
5:22AM
2.35
5:58PM
2.29
6:25AM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
1.03
10:32AM
1.05
10:57PM
1.00
11:43AM
0.93
12:03AM
0.86
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-6:02-------6:00-------6:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------315812142----23
Temp. °C201817181717172121212120181819192018181818181919
Feels °C (?)181614151515162120212018171617171912131416161614
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