Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 7AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515141499989988888888777688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)537544429521202169111855611585131814331616131312381137974856586471339298475404
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51PM
2.51
11:10AM
2.42
11:37PM
2.44
12:00PM
2.29
12:29AM
2.31
12:58PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
0.11
6:08PM
0.12
6:36AM
0.24
6:58PM
0.28
7:32AM
0.40
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:42-------5:40-------5:38-
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
42---12--22-23111----11-
Temp. °C141312111314141312121110101011101110111111101111
Feels °C (?)13121191112141110842224354566657
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