Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Stent Road
Taranaki, New Zealand
Stent Road is a surf break in Taranaki, New Zealand, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Stent Road is Jul & Sep, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Jul & Sep.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
Best time to visit
3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 4.5ft average swell at 8.9 s from the WSW.
Feb: 5.6ft average swell at 9.4 s from the WSW.
Mar: 5.8ft average swell at 9.5 s from the WSW.
Apr: 6.3ft average swell at 9.4 s from the WSW.
May: 7.3ft average swell at 9.5 s from the WSW.
Jun: 6.8ft average swell at 9.4 s from the WSW.
Jul: 8.0ft average swell at 9.3 s from the WSW.
Aug: 6.9ft average swell at 9.3 s from the WSW.
Sep: 7.5ft average swell at 9.6 s from the WSW.
Oct: 6.5ft average swell at 9.1 s from the WSW.
Nov: 6.1ft average swell at 9 s from the WSW.
Dec: 5.2ft average swell at 8.7 s from the WSW.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -39.0°, 174.0°.
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