Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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
17.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 4AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (22 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)888888888866666551616168888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8715895374114494344714142842115210685482816121040399888
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SE
15
SE
5
NE
5
SE
10
S
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
5
SSW
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
2.71
1:53PM
2.55
2:25AM
2.57
3:04PM
2.41
3:39AM
2.46
4:19PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
0.77
7:47AM
0.88
8:08PM
0.93
8:51AM
1.02
9:12PM
1.07
10:01AM
1.11
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:54-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset------5:40-------5:39-------5:37-
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
331--11----21-----------
Temp. °C101111101011121199989121212119889121211
Feels °C (?)24543555566471091096557101010
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