Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Himatangi Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Himatangi Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Himatangi Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Himatangi Beach at 11AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (02 Dec)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (02 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.8
S
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)67778888888888667777610109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1333063012682102102181971371046247341941372631687804475779468168
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
W
5
E
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
20
E
15
ESE
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononoffglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
2.12
7:48PM
2.22
8:33AM
2.27
8:48PM
2.31
9:25AM
2.41
9:44PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
0.35
2:26PM
0.38
2:55AM
0.24
3:25PM
0.27
3:49AM
0.15
4:18PM
0.17
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:32-------8:34-------8:35--
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1------134346111--------
Temp. °C151617181816131212111416171515131313141618161412
Feels °C (?)121314151514121110813141614139876912111211
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