Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 02 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 2.8°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 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (02 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (02 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
W
0.8
W
1
W
1
W
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.6
S
1.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)101068888888888857888871099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2051835714014015415112292705133211320206709785866563268121110312
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
20
W
10
W
5
ESE
5
SE
15
SE
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
SE
30
S
25
SSE
35
S
40
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
2.53
8:43PM
2.63
9:28AM
2.67
9:43PM
2.71
10:20AM
2.80
10:39PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.83
2:41PM
0.87
3:10AM
0.73
3:40PM
0.76
4:04AM
0.64
4:33PM
0.67
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise-5:45-------5:45-------5:45------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:32-------8:34--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------243448122211-----
Temp. °C151617181817141413131519181515141313141516151312
Feels °C (?)1114141515151414101115191811128655811121210
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