Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Himatangi Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Himatangi Beach at 2PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (16 Jul)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
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 (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.7
WNW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)121110988889888888882018181766777717171619181817161616161515167161615141414141414141616151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1979154011539757605143522471941331056945433425491209216920327722323026218112915313495164190232125117111961191108576110148198186156134131128192145148246234229167165155102100
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
SE
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
E
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
W
5
SSW
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
0
SE
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoffoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglassglasscrossglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
2.21
1:25AM
2.30
1:56PM
2.14
2:16AM
2.21
2:50PM
2.07
3:13AM
2.11
3:54PM
2.02
4:22AM
2.04
5:17PM
2.01
5:43AM
2.03
6:38PM
2.10
6:59AM
2.08
7:39PM
2.23
8:01AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
0.35
8:00PM
0.40
8:30AM
0.39
8:51PM
0.48
9:19AM
0.46
9:47PM
0.57
10:16AM
0.54
10:52PM
0.64
11:26AM
0.60
12:13AM
0.66
12:50PM
0.59
1:31AM
0.59
2:00PM
0.51
2:33AM
0.48
2:57PM
0.40
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Sunrise7:37-------7:37-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:33-------7:33-------7:33---
Sunset--5:12-------5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17-
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Rain (mm)
-11---------1-----------------------------------------------
Temp. °C111313121211108912121091098810101076556101197766691010976781212119887791010109888111313
Feels °C (?)9976777568775766787853223796443447667534510108666558888765591111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Himatangi Beach (calm at Karere wx 24 km from Himatangi Beach). A 2.3m groundswell from the WNW are too big for here

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