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Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 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
18.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101012131313138121212121115141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10710513313012511811811821032837331723822722272262562552941811021059529346
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crossoncross-
on		onglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
2.90
2:57PM
2.98
3:23AM
2.75
3:43PM
2.80
4:10AM
2.60
4:31PM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
0.30
9:15PM
0.33
9:32AM
0.46
10:02PM
0.49
10:20AM
0.64
10:50PM
0.66
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----9:07-------9:07-------9:07--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------21-------111-
Temp. °C131318201919161515161718191917171615171919191818
Feels °C (?)121218191819161616161819202018191714172020201818
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