Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
13.8°C
1.0° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 11PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 104mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
!
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0
0
4
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5739
5659
6148
7065
7024
6964
7350
7008
7007
3111
3034
2678
2195
1726
1330
994
742
633
701
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:20AM2.49m
6:01PM2.56m
6:43AM2.56m
7:16PM2.70m
Low Tide
10:59PM0.73m
11:37AM0.74m
00:21AM0.67m
12:54PM0.65m
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light rain
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light rain
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heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
2
2
2
1
6
4
4
10
14
11
10
11
5
5
11
5
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
12
14
14
14
14
13
13
10
9
10
9
9
Feels °C
8
7
9
10
10
9
9
9
10
11
13
14
12
12
6
5
7
6
7
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