Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 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 10PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)14455659995566666146126101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)813324534303130292671781136466554332393839372221
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
E
10
S
15
S
10
S
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
ononcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
2.31
2:25AM
2.34
2:58PM
2.20
3:29AM
2.24
4:12PM
2.13
4:47AM
2.20
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
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-6:01-------6:00------5:58-------
light rain
cloud
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
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C191716151414162020181615141315171717151413121523
Feels °C (?)181615141312141718171614131215151516121211101421
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