Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.5° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 6PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
9
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
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
1.1
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
399
280
232
194
161
126
259
487
478
549
452
421
402
396
390
356
289
271
213
210
164
161
121
99
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNW
0
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
0
S
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
6:34PM2.67m
7:14AM2.57m
7:40PM2.73m
8:14AM2.67m
8:35PM2.81m
Low Tide
12:11PM0.67m
00:53AM0.56m
1:19PM0.62m
1:56AM0.48m
2:19PM0.53m
2:49AM0.39m
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2
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Temp °C
17
18
17
16
15
15
15
16
17
15
16
16
15
14
15
15
17
18
19
17
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
16
16
16
17
15
14
14
15
17
15
16
17
15
13
15
15
18
18
18
16
16
16
16
16
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