Himatangi Beach surf break

Himatangi Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 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
14.8° 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 9AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
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 (?)
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)888888777688899998888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15031276109311489148937587584461909321380191025811965168016601442976885554533654908
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
2.29
10:55PM
2.25
11:13AM
2.30
11:27PM
2.23
11:44AM
2.28
11:59PM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
0.21
5:32PM
0.29
5:47AM
0.23
6:04PM
0.33
6:20AM
0.28
6:37PM
0.40
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset-----7:45-------7:46-------7:47--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------241--------
Temp. °C131313141313131314161921191715141313141313121212
Feels °C (?)887766889121314121110987877777
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Himatangi Beach (light winds from the WNW at Karere wx 24 km from Himatangi Beach). 2.5m 8s swell from the WNW which is too big for here.

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24 km away, 26 min ago

18 km/h
WNW
0.0
14.8
Air / Water (°C)
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