Waiwakaiho surf break

Waiwakaiho surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waiwakaiho today?

The current surf forecast for Waiwakaiho at 1PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
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
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161213141412121211111110101010991312127887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3771444756316496285635003793662342251781259461616086853701271937600
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
S
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
35
SSW
40
SW
40
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
2.33
3:19PM
2.18
4:04AM
2.28
4:43PM
2.17
5:22AM
2.35
5:58PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
1.05
9:42PM
1.03
10:32AM
1.05
10:57PM
1.00
11:43AM
0.93
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise--6:46-------6:47-------6:48-----
Sunset-----6:02-------6:00-------6:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------77172141-
Temp. °C141315182018171717171820222120202018181918181818
Feels °C (?)131215181816141415151719212019181815141713121214
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