Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
12.8°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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 6PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (03 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (03 Oct)4ft (1.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
W
11
1.6
W
10
1.6
W
10
0.9
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
606
562
510
361
588
970
1076
1061
989
907
790
801
801
683
673
547
538
461
454
390
415
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SE
5
E
5
SE
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
ESE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
4:12PM2.65m
4:53AM2.53m
5:31PM2.56m
6:17AM2.48m
6:53PM2.60m
Low Tide
9:57AM0.60m
10:36PM0.64m
11:10AM0.73m
11:55PM0.69m
12:29PM0.74m
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:03
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7:01
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7:00
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7:37
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7:38
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7:39
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 mm
2
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1
1
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Temp °C
11
13
13
11
11
10
10
10
11
13
13
12
9
8
8
7
11
12
12
11
8
Feels °C
10
13
13
10
10
9
9
8
10
11
11
10
8
6
6
5
10
10
10
10
6
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