Waiwakaiho surf break

Waiwakaiho surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 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
18.6° 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 6PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
2
3
4
4
3
0
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.6
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.4
S
1.2
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131415151515141414141313121111111111121211101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19452049284630743286319731542895253421031487865528415535617584577119908435627945
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
NW
10
N
5
NNE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
N
10
E
10
SE
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
3.31
11:10PM
3.33
11:29AM
3.21
11:56PM
3.24
12:17PM
3.03
12:46AM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
-0.10
5:25AM
0.02
5:46PM
0.01
6:15AM
0.16
6:36PM
0.19
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset--5:50-------5:47-------5:46-----
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1461-148731-1128223321-
Temp. °C16161615141514131314141413121211111191010111111
Feels °C (?)151313131214121091012121054244023445
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