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Karaka Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 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
17.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Karaka Street today?

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 2PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121215141312121212121215151345677769
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66654151615146555557821581361361027870
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
WNW
5
NNW
20
WNW
15
SW
10
S
25
E
15
SE
10
SSW
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrossononcross-
off		crossoncrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
2.19
5:49PM
2.12
6:35AM
2.17
7:10PM
2.13
7:51AM
2.24
8:18PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
1.36
12:00AM
1.32
12:58PM
1.36
1:29AM
1.29
2:14PM
1.26
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:44-------7:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------2--112311----1--
Temp. °C111115191917151617172324252119191715151515151513
Feels °C (?)9914171716141416172324252222211613141112131310
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