Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 NZST
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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 1.1°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 3AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
1.1
NW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)5566555566666661412121210101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3565725543262560841341198272563135264542341817157
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SW
10
SSW
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
1.92
2:03PM
1.78
2:34AM
1.82
3:17PM
1.71
3:52AM
1.78
4:30PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
0.66
8:36AM
0.79
8:54PM
0.77
9:40AM
0.85
10:04PM
0.83
10:54AM
0.84
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:43---
Sunset------5:59-------5:57-------5:55-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515141518191717161614141820191614141415222320
Feels °C (?)161515131416171617151513141718171412121213202117
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