Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)111313121212121111141313131514141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1531371733564094253973502296367008117351184994966815671563468367294224169
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
ESE
5
NNW
0
N
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
3.03
12:59AM
2.98
1:15PM
2.93
1:33AM
2.88
1:50PM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.22
6:53PM
0.23
7:10AM
0.31
7:27PM
0.35
7:46AM
0.44
8:03PM
0.51
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:48-------7:50-------7:50-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:17-------7:15--
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-111--------------------
Temp. °C151516171816151414141720191716161514172121181616
Feels °C (?)141516161816141212121620181815141312151918161414
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