Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 09 Nov 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (09 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (09 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Wed
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.2
W
0.6
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)77766666665513566778810111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2701921371037442425658432918132082111273413572606804867599363
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
NE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
2.42
1:20AM
2.22
1:48PM
2.28
2:21AM
2.07
2:50PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
0.19
7:54PM
0.30
8:13AM
0.35
8:52PM
0.45
9:10AM
0.51
9:54PM
0.57
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Wed
12
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:06-------8:07-------8:08--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------232--1----
Temp. °C121115161715131111111719181816161515161717151414
Feels °C (?)101012131414129991617171914141312131516141413
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