Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 9PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.8
W
1.3
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111313121312121212121212111155566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)857646464323333130323129292828271313102991374242
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
2.75
11:13PM
2.71
11:28AM
2.76
11:47PM
2.75
12:02PM
2.75
12:20AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
0.66
5:22AM
0.67
5:40PM
0.63
5:57AM
0.68
6:15PM
0.64
6:31AM
0.73
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:33-------7:35-------
Sunset---7:13-------7:12-------7:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121716151312111113181816151414131519201816151514
Feels °C (?)813121210109912161614141313121417171514131312
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