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Karaka Street Surf Forecast
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Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?
The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 7AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 11s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Karaka Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1888 | 2060 | 1996 | 1046 | 581 | 427 | 1016 | 534 | 919 | 522 | 291 | 251 | 389 | 341 | 320 | 309 | 304 | 251 | 218 | 150 | 138 | 105 | 90 | 57 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | on | cross- on | cross | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:38AM 2.37 | 8:09PM 2.53 | 8:33AM 2.47 | 8:56PM 2.63 | 9:18AM 2.57 | 9:36PM 2.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:29AM 1.12 | 1:55PM 1.07 | 2:24AM 0.99 | 2:46PM 0.93 | 3:09AM 0.86 | 3:28PM 0.81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:14 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu
The wind is still cross-off at Karaka Street (fresh winds from the NW at WanganuiAeroAws 5 km from Karaka Street). A 3.4m swell from the WSW is too big for here
2 h 24 min ago
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