Waiwakaiho surf break

Waiwakaiho surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 05 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waiwakaiho today?

The current surf forecast for Waiwakaiho at 7PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111414131313141414141313131313121212121212121512
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1512205225694994146976875695294403682732652091369998966955686682
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
NE
10
N
5
SSW
10
SE
15
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ENE
40
ENE
50
NE
40
NE
35
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
2.95
11:49PM
2.95
12:03PM
2.81
12:24AM
2.81
12:39PM
2.64
1:03AM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42PM
0.31
6:02AM
0.45
6:16PM
0.46
6:39AM
0.61
6:53PM
0.63
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:08-------6:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------24723331
Temp. °C161920181716151516192020181616171516171818181717
Feels °C (?)1417191716141312131619191613121210991313161718
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