Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
NW
2.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.7
W
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
W
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)78888888888121313131515141495679
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52856065977810867413813212551641651374334913506666696051431161431758343
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
20
NW
10
N
10
W
5
NNE
10
N
15
NW
10
WNW
10
N
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
5
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
oncross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
2.49
10:08PM
2.51
10:25AM
2.49
10:51PM
2.51
11:10AM
2.42
11:37PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.02
4:38PM
-0.03
5:00AM
0.03
5:22PM
0.01
5:46AM
0.11
6:08PM
0.12
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:44-------5:42---
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--154569143-1131---2272---
Temp. °C161718161717151414131417151413121112141314121110
Feels °C (?)1112141113131213131213151413121198910119108
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