Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 12AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2
WSW
2.4
W
3
NW
2
WSW
3
NW
3.5
NW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)10111111111212121212121313881088111313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)346435543073276726672648253822092116154820502141124682911638701255147277713871965205322792348
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
3.12
9:34AM
3.27
9:58PM
3.26
10:15AM
3.34
10:39PM
3.33
10:57AM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:27AM
0.08
3:49PM
-0.09
4:08AM
-0.02
4:30PM
-0.14
4:51AM
-0.04
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset5:53-------5:52-------5:51-------
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--11---------1612556111311
Temp. °C151514141515161717161616161617171818171615141518
Feels °C (?)78781010121212111110101112121111101213131415
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