Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 10 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 2PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
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 (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
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
0.8
S
1
SSW
1.6
SW
2.3
W
4.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)667141212121010109998871212456799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)665543352625423418171577677612166116545228011915
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
SSW
15
S
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
10
SSE
25
WSW
35
WNW
40
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
1.71
3:52AM
1.78
4:30PM
1.71
5:04AM
1.82
5:36PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
0.85
10:04PM
0.83
10:54AM
0.84
11:22PM
0.79
12:08PM
0.74
12:31AM
0.68
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset--5:57-------5:55-------5:53-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------2385---
Temp. °C141921191615141415212321181819192020211917181717
Feels °C (?)141819161313121213192118161517171717192014131012
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