Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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Karaka Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Karaka Street sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 6AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

Table - waves today at Karaka Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.4
WSW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.3
W
1.4
WSW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.5
W
2
WNW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
SW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)99887777777899999991313151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1265977705652521440180385336310379219311809838397645248121113440537632636
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
10
WNW
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
2.73
9:54AM
2.83
10:22PM
2.84
10:37AM
2.88
11:03PM
2.90
11:20AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.58
4:11PM
0.49
4:32AM
0.52
4:53PM
0.47
5:15AM
0.53
5:37PM
0.52
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset------5:47-------5:46-------5:45-
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1-----------1225111561---1
Temp. °C141515151517171615151616161616171514131315191815
Feels °C (?)799101012121211111111121212121113121215181513
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