Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Little Wanganui today?

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 10PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)18s
Evening (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
W
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)181616161615151514141414131313141414151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)751781752768749581447435350346341317236232232317346350551648744100513101619
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
3.13
12:37PM
3.22
12:56AM
3.10
1:12PM
3.14
1:31AM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
0.07
6:50PM
0.04
7:05AM
0.12
7:25PM
0.13
7:41AM
0.24
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:18-
Sunset-8:10-------8:08-------8:07------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161512111110141617161311111114181817141414141820
Feels °C (?)14141110109141515151310101014161617141413131820
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