Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 1PM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)16ft (5.0m)10s
Afternoon (21 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999998887121213131316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)500345704431416839173917359329302548217419742350187916061148908450168103104123121113169
Wind
(km/h)
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SSE
55
SE
55
SSE
50
SSE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SSE
50
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
3.19
12:28PM
3.03
12:56AM
3.02
1:21PM
2.80
1:52AM
2.81
2:23PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
0.18
6:44PM
0.24
7:15AM
0.38
7:38PM
0.46
8:17AM
0.60
8:42PM
0.68
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------7:00-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:44---
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
211-1331-111------------
Temp. °C111111121110111213111112121212121212111313121111
Feels °C (?)00010-2023012224456788999
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