Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
13.5°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 (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 12AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (03 Nov)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thu
5
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WNW
12
2.2
WNW
12
2.2
WNW
11
2
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
8
0.8
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1143
1338
1198
883
562
491
399
280
237
194
161
123
333
487
565
549
534
421
402
396
367
294
Wind (km/h)
15
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
0
NE
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
0
N
0
W
0
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
High Tide
6:03AM2.52m
6:34PM2.67m
7:14AM2.57m
7:40PM2.73m
Low Tide
11:42PM0.59m
12:11PM0.67m
00:53AM0.56m
1:19PM0.62m
1:56AM0.48m
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cloud
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Temp °C
16
15
15
14
14
14
17
18
17
16
15
14
15
15
17
17
17
16
14
14
15
15
Feels °C
14
13
14
13
12
13
17
17
16
16
16
14
14
14
17
18
18
16
14
14
15
15
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