Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
12.6°C
0.4° 

Little Wanganui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Little Wanganui today (27 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 11PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 22s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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1
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
5
4
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
W
10
4
W
11
3.5
W
11
3.5
W
11
3.5
W
11
3
W
11
2.5
W
11
2.5
W
10
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2954
3386
3368
2828
2515
2181
1724
1515
1451
1325
2458
2287
3813
3110
2776
2540
2352
2202
2085
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:48PM3.23m
12:09PM3.17m
00:26AM3.25m
12:48PM3.17m
Low Tide
6:00AM-0.01m
6:17PM0.05m
6:39AM0.00m
6:58PM0.08m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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7:09
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7:32
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7:34
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 mm
1
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Temp °C
9
8
6
7
8
8
10
10
11
10
9
9
8
8
10
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
1
4
3
3
4
3
5
5
5
5
6
6
5
6
9
10
9
9
8
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