Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 19 Nov 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.9°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 12PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
1
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WSW
0.5
SW
1.1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010109999111615141371313131361461414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11682735046434115141940567114497848379805195865866
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
SW
0
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
10
N
10
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
2.59
10:53PM
2.55
11:13AM
2.64
11:28PM
2.57
11:46AM
2.68
12:02AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:28AM
0.82
4:49PM
0.89
5:04AM
0.81
5:24PM
0.88
5:38AM
0.82
5:57PM
0.90
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
Sunrise-5:52-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:19-------8:20--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
221-1-------------------
Temp. °C171819191917171717171819181715141414192018171514
Feels °C (?)181921212119181717161617151514131313171615141312
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