Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 7AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)5565999566666614661210109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32163322313029417713213278665341322937393722211615
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
20
W
20
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
ESE
10
S
15
S
10
S
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
2.34
2:58PM
2.20
3:29AM
2.24
4:12PM
2.13
4:47AM
2.20
5:25PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16PM
1.13
8:51AM
1.25
9:09PM
1.24
9:55AM
1.31
10:19PM
1.29
11:09AM
1.30
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:41-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------6:00------5:58-------5:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414141621201816161513151717171513131315232422
Feels °C (?)141313131419181615151412151515161211111114222322
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