Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Himatangi Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Himatangi Beach at 11AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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 (?)
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.2
W
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.4
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
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)6655513555111110131313131414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119100663228131719132299553029306564353232311313
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
5
SE
10
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
2.31
11:57PM
2.32
12:11PM
2.23
12:29AM
2.25
12:44PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
0.24
6:33PM
0.20
6:49AM
0.32
7:07PM
0.29
7:24AM
0.43
7:41PM
0.40
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:35-------7:37-------7:37-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:06-------7:04--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414181817161515151519201715151615162121191716
Feels °C (?)131213161617161414141418181412131413131716151413
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