Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 2PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (04 Dec)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (04 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WNW
1.8
W
1.4
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.4
WSW
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)876999988877777666677776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464254103106139340301234232240214293358188270188749916034132127411164
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
25
S
10
SW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20AM
2.80
10:39PM
2.78
11:10AM
2.90
11:31PM
2.81
11:58AM
2.94
12:22AM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33PM
0.67
4:56AM
0.59
5:23PM
0.63
5:46AM
0.59
6:13PM
0.64
6:35AM
0.63
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-------5:45-------5:45-------5:43
Sunset---8:34-------8:35-------8:36----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141516151414151516181818161514152020201917151415
Feels °C (?)7913131312121312141414131312131616171615131213
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