Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
14.5°C
1.4° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 17s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 11PM is: 1.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
15
1.3
W
17
2
W
17
2
W
17
2
W
16
1.9
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
994
886
1027
2413
2275
2167
1869
1622
1418
1216
1063
923
923
973
906
917
906
662
662
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
10
NE
Wind State
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:48PM3.03m
10:14AM2.99m
10:31PM3.12m
10:54AM3.08m
Low Tide
4:01AM0.17m
4:19PM0.20m
4:43AM0.08m
5:00PM0.13m
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
15
13
12
12
12
12
17
17
16
16
13
13
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14
18
17
18
16
14
Feels °C
13
12
11
10
10
10
16
16
15
15
12
11
11
12
18
16
16
13
13
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