Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.2° 

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 (24 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 11PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)--
Afternoon (24 Oct)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (24 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 52mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NNW by Mon night).

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
3
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
14
1
W
17
1.1
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
W
14
1.4
W
13
1.5
WNW
7
2
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
898
773
660
617
536
1240
1382
1411
1393
1341
1273
1168
994
834
714
553
690
236
541
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
E
5
NNE
5
W
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:59PM3.01m
10:23AM3.03m
10:39PM3.16m
11:03AM3.16m
Low Tide
4:11AM0.16m
4:29PM0.19m
4:52AM0.04m
5:11PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
15
13
11
11
11
10
14
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
14
14
Feels °C
13
12
10
10
10
9
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
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