Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 11AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
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
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.3
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)151414144555599995566666146612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9888830442830233130293337505846453941312958
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
S
15
S
10
S
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
2.46
1:59PM
2.31
2:25AM
2.34
2:58PM
2.20
3:29AM
2.24
4:12PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
1.15
8:16PM
1.13
8:51AM
1.25
9:09PM
1.24
9:55AM
1.31
10:19PM
1.29
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00------5:58---
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11111-------------------
Temp. °C171821221817151514141620201816151515151817171514
Feels °C (?)161620211715141412121418181716151414151615161212
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