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Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Mangahume surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mangahume sea temperature is
18.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 1PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.1
SE
0.5
SW
0.3
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
NW
2.3
NW
3
NW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
Period(s) (?)1313131313121261222122120201918181812127888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1401381361341321049972719178151218216214283356352694147475484210421030
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
WSW
15
WSW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
3.10
12:50AM
2.96
1:08PM
3.12
1:27AM
2.94
1:45PM
3.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.20
6:47PM
0.21
6:58AM
0.20
7:24PM
0.20
7:35AM
0.24
8:02PM
0.23
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:18-------6:20-------6:22------
Sunset-----8:50-------8:49-------8:47--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
21112106111---------12112
Temp. °C151516181717171717171818181818181818181818171615
Feels °C (?)11111315151414141518191715151515161614141311108
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