Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.6° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 1AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
8
0.7
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
12
1.4
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
232
194
161
126
259
487
478
549
452
421
402
396
367
298
289
271
213
210
164
125
109
203
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
N
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
NNW
0
NE
5
NW
0
SSE
0
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:34PM2.67m
7:14AM2.57m
7:40PM2.73m
8:14AM2.67m
8:35PM2.81m
Low Tide
00:53AM0.56m
1:19PM0.62m
1:56AM0.48m
2:19PM0.53m
2:49AM0.39m
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cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
17
16
14
15
15
15
18
16
16
16
15
14
14
15
17
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
Feels °C
16
17
14
14
13
14
17
17
16
17
16
13
13
15
17
18
17
17
17
16
16
16
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