Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.5° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 1AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (29 Oct)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (29 Oct)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NW
9
1.3
NW
9
1.3
WNW
9
1.4
WNW
9
1.2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
14
3
W
8
2.3
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
W
14
2.5
W
14
3.5
W
14
3.5
W
14
3.5
W
14
4.5
WSW
10
4.5
W
11
4.5
WSW
12
4
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
314
272
286
311
468
604
1034
963
1052
3030
3749
2233
4201
4404
4765
4335
5598
5541
5142
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
W
25
W
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
20
SW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:50AM3.20m
1:13PM3.17m
1:39AM3.07m
2:04PM3.05m
Low Tide
7:03AM0.07m
7:29PM0.12m
7:53AM0.21m
8:22PM0.25m
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1
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6
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Temp °C
12
11
11
10
11
12
11
12
12
10
9
9
9
9
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11
10
Feels °C
11
8
7
7
7
8
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3
4
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