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Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 25 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
18.0° C
 (Which is 2.9°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: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 25). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (25 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (25 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
S
0.1
W
0.1
S
0.2
W
0.3
W
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.5
W
1.1
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)5512121211111111111310898999888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9614151512111211434513169217233371696949488082
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
2.47
2:12PM
2.56
2:38AM
2.40
2:59PM
2.49
3:31AM
2.34
3:52PM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.02
8:33PM
1.10
8:49AM
1.08
9:24PM
1.13
9:40AM
1.12
10:18PM
1.13
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:47------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:25-------8:27--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141420212018171715162125252420191818222523222020
Feels °C (?)111220191917161614141922212218171616202222201920
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