Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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
18.4° 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 12AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
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
WSW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)95666666146612101099998888712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4266921631408268534131283739372221161514777615
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
E
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
25
E
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
2.20
3:29AM
2.24
4:12PM
2.13
4:47AM
2.20
5:25PM
2.13
5:59AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
1.24
9:55AM
1.31
10:19PM
1.29
11:09AM
1.30
11:37PM
1.26
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset-6:00------5:58-------5:57-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191716151413141718171513131314212422181817182121
Feels °C (?)171515141312141516161210111112192321171716171918
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