Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 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
18.5° C
(Which is 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: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (25 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)7711109189916161615666666551313136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)503898162427254577756897135156220169104533130303036
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
5
ESE
10
SW
10
W
0
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
onglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
2.00
4:28PM
1.95
5:23AM
1.95
6:00PM
1.92
6:53AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
0.59
10:56AM
0.70
11:26PM
0.71
12:22PM
0.76
1:01AM
0.72
1:49PM
0.68
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset-------8:07-------8:07-------8:05
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C161413131521241917161616181919191817161617181816
Feels °C (?)13109101219221718161515161617181716171718181713
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