Mangamaunu surf break

Mangamaunu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Mangamaunu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mangamaunu sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mangamaunu today?

The current surf forecast for Mangamaunu at 8PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.2
S
0.5
SE
0.3
SSW
0.8
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101010105666666666615594145513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6767483838769210994786650513727241714151620342435
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
10
SE
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
W
5
W
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
1.47
1:37AM
1.63
2:03PM
1.48
2:34AM
1.65
2:59PM
1.49
3:30AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
0.12
7:57AM
0.14
8:12PM
0.10
8:54AM
0.13
9:08PM
0.08
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset---8:15-------8:13-------8:12----
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-111111--------------
Temp. °C242321161513121211111112121111111416171615151414
Feels °C (?)24222014129998891111101091213141314151313
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