Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 11PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
1
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
1
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)128151516131414131212121111111010109129121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13514027227230617538439069059857946742728123417812212075756210399129
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
N
15
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16PM
2.28
2:52AM
2.28
3:24PM
2.15
4:10AM
2.21
4:51PM
2.13
5:33AM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.98
9:16AM
1.09
9:48PM
1.08
10:42AM
1.11
11:13PM
1.05
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-6:05-------6:02-------6:01------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------7
Temp. °C191716151515151717151515151516181918191919181818
Feels °C (?)171615131314151413121312131314161717181718171616
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