Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 12PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
4
3
4
4
5
5
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
2.2
W
3
SSE
3.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
5
SSE
5.5
SSE
5.5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
Period(s) (?)13131313141414141414141388910111110111010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178820882088239027233158351735173180324224271734112714683570534375046811514150944408308822523103
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
N
10
ENE
15
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
50
SSE
55
SSE
60
SSE
60
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
35
S
35
S
40
S
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
3.32
11:22PM
3.30
11:41AM
3.22
12:07AM
3.19
12:28PM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
-0.04
5:12PM
-0.09
5:35AM
0.03
5:56PM
0.04
6:22AM
0.18
6:44PM
0.24
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset----5:50-------5:47-------5:46---
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--147---119921111729632
Temp. °C15141517141312121213141313131212111111109101111
Feels °C (?)1312131512121011981088721-1-1001231
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