Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
NW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)111110101099913121212121212121211111111111316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)485359279209166121896152777614622826632231944956661059651557310701164
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
15
N
5
NNE
15
W
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
glassglassoffoffcrossglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
2.27
5:30PM
2.22
6:03AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
1.03
11:13AM
1.00
11:42PM
0.99
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:56-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:06-------6:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------16156
Temp. °C131313121620201615141515171918171615141416151514
Feels °C (?)111111101518181514121413161818171616141315161414
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