Little Wanganui Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.39° S 172.06° E

Little Wanganui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 03 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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 1PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.6
WSW
16
0.7
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
1
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
562
491
399
280
232
194
161
201
259
487
478
549
452
421
402
396
367
356
289
271
213
210
164
161
121
82
Wind (km/h)
10
E
5
E
0
NE
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
0
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
off
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:03AM2.52m
6:34PM2.67m
7:14AM2.57m
7:40PM2.73m
8:14AM2.67m
8:35PM2.81m
Low Tide
12:11PM0.67m
00:53AM0.56m
1:19PM0.62m
1:56AM0.48m
2:19PM0.53m
2:49AM0.39m
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light rain
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6:16
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Temp °C
14
14
17
18
17
16
15
15
15
16
18
17
16
16
14
14
14
14
17
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
12
13
17
16
16
16
15
14
14
15
18
16
16
16
14
14
14
13
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
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