Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Mangahume today (16 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 11PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Aug) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (16 Aug) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Mangahume. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SE on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3313 | 2647 | 2272 | 2119 | 1953 | 1873 | 1716 | 1546 | 911 | 1319 | 1175 | 1143 | 955 | 928 | 889 | 863 | 936 | 1028 | 964 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:28AM3.15m | 12:49PM2.96m | 1:06AM2.95m | 1:28PM2.78m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:19PM0.14m | 6:43AM0.18m | 6:58PM0.33m | 7:21AM0.37m | 7:37PM0.55m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | -3 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 |
| kJ | 2292 | 2261 | 2261 | 2119 | 1953 | 1873 | 1716 | 1546 | 911 | 1319 | 1175 | 1143 | 955 | 928 | 889 | 863 | 936 | 1028 | 964 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 231 | 50 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 75 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 7 | — | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | 10 | 11 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3313 | 2647 | 2272 | 1879 | 1450 | 1140 | 495 | 262 | 127 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 151 | 105 | 147 | 147 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 19 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Mangahume surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest