Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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 10PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)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
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
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
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)556666666141212121010109998871212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)487210117014797665541352645423418171677677612
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
S
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
1.78
2:34AM
1.82
3:17PM
1.71
3:52AM
1.78
4:30PM
1.71
5:04AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
0.77
9:40AM
0.85
10:04PM
0.83
10:54AM
0.84
11:22PM
0.79
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset5:59-------5:57-------5:55-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161513131821191514141415212220181819202121
Feels °C (?)161615151412131719161212121213192017161617181818
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