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Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 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
18.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Little Wanganui today?

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 6PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2422902802211861431401381071071071071091131151158410982828284111111
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
0
SSE
10
W
10
W
5
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffglassonononglassoffoffoffglassononcross-
on		glassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
2.69
10:53PM
2.70
11:14AM
2.82
11:32PM
2.80
11:51AM
2.93
12:10AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
0.59
5:02AM
0.52
5:25PM
0.46
5:41AM
0.40
6:03PM
0.35
6:17AM
0.31
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:18-------6:20
Sunset---9:04-------9:04-------9:02----
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
22211-------------------
Temp. °C161616161514121117191817161311101719191715141313
Feels °C (?)161616161513109161716161612981616181615131111
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