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Mana Island surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Mana Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mana Island sea temperature is
17.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mana Island today?

The current surf forecast for Mana Island at 4PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

Table - waves today at Mana Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)777777776667777777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2595084503142441891321401511712403856066795094514516417368619039751155667
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
45
WNW
40
NW
20
N
5
NNE
15
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
50
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
50
NW
55
NW
55
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
1.26
3:02AM
1.18
3:21PM
1.19
3:50AM
1.13
4:13PM
1.13
4:46AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
0.35
8:58PM
0.35
9:15AM
0.42
9:43PM
0.40
10:06AM
0.47
10:33PM
0.45
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------5:58-------6:00-------6:01
Sunset---8:55-------8:54-------8:54----
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C181818181716161717181818181818181818191919191916
Feels °C (?)141113161816121311121313121211111010101111101011
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