Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 14 Feb 2026 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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 12PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (14 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (14 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.6
W
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5
SSW
3.5
SW
2.2
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212465559677889910108777765
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33123064495752842204989631531321346545408446818075046918603816844
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
30
WSW
50
WSW
55
SW
45
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
1.99
8:49PM
1.96
9:10AM
2.12
9:32PM
2.08
9:48AM
2.25
10:10PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
0.68
3:24PM
0.66
3:42AM
0.54
4:04PM
0.52
4:21AM
0.41
4:41PM
0.38
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:22-------8:21--
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light rain
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mod rain
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818191919171514131616131312131414151615151514
Feels °C (?)182019201919181411101194573458912141513
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