Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.4
WSW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)10101099988777777788991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16231482141013811157887619652475351175350381356400459588318332327370271279313
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNW
30
N
25
N
25
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
2.73
9:42PM
2.73
9:54AM
2.83
10:22PM
2.84
10:37AM
2.88
11:03PM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.58
3:51AM
0.58
4:11PM
0.49
4:32AM
0.52
4:53PM
0.47
5:15AM
0.53
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset--5:50-------5:47-------5:46-----
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
-11-1-----------111611811
Temp. °C141515141415151515171716151616161517161617171514
Feels °C (?)6776798910121212121211111112111212131113
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