Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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 7AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (04 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WNW
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)788877999998887777766667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1052966345493872007610618952836023427727322836543937627018294108135175
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
15
SW
15
W
15
W
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
2.71
10:20AM
2.80
10:39PM
2.78
11:10AM
2.90
11:31PM
2.81
11:58AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.64
4:33PM
0.67
4:56AM
0.59
5:23PM
0.63
5:46AM
0.59
6:13PM
0.64
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---5:45-------5:45-------5:45----
Sunset-------8:34-------8:35-------8:36
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
123---------------------
Temp. °C131212131416171614151515161818181615141518191919
Feels °C (?)10555713141312131212121413141313121214151616
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