Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 08 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Little Wanganui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Little Wanganui today?

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 7PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)--
Afternoon (08 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (08 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s

Table - waves today at Little Wanganui. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
NW
1.8
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131313131313137891010101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)966106094381170370371372472462362353845442435623121240671513201469137928992343
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
W
10
W
10
W
0
SW
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
N
10
NNE
20
N
25
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offglassononglassglassoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
3.14
1:53PM
3.13
2:23AM
2.94
2:49PM
2.95
3:22AM
2.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.14
8:12PM
0.18
8:35AM
0.33
9:10PM
0.37
9:34AM
0.52
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-8:20-------8:21-------8:22------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------246322211
Temp. °C151412111111151717151312121418161616151515151516
Feels °C (?)13131110101014161615121091317151413131314151516
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