Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
18.3° 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 7AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212131313131312124566666655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32325555282828141333333830114182176153104814735
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
2.32
10:33AM
2.37
10:52PM
2.35
11:07AM
2.35
11:25PM
2.35
11:39AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
0.18
5:25PM
0.13
5:42AM
0.18
6:00PM
0.14
6:16AM
0.24
6:33PM
0.20
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----7:33-------7:35-------7:35---
Sunset-------7:10-------7:08-------7:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131212121217181716141313131817171716151516171817
Feels °C (?)109991015151415121111111615151514131314151617
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