Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Wanganui today?

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 2PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)121211111616161515141413131212121818171616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1077770695150841311218116110198868687104158149188421256172163
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
ESE
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
NE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
3.06
1:33AM
3.02
2:04PM
2.85
2:32AM
2.84
3:08PM
2.65
3:41AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
0.12
7:22PM
0.24
7:52AM
0.29
8:18PM
0.43
8:55AM
0.47
9:23PM
0.60
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise7:07-------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:49-----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91114119876914151187881014131191099
Feels °C (?)47118543251112954457121097876
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