Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Mangahume today (08 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 9PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Mangahume. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SE by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 679 | 545 | 472 | 371 | 336 | 265 | 235 | 346 | 444 | 505 | 540 | 478 | 419 | 359 | 305 | 306 | 493 | 945 | 1027 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 7:53PM2.84m | 8:20AM2.81m | 8:43PM3.06m | 9:07AM3.00m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:12AM0.40m | 2:31PM0.31m | 3:00AM0.18m | 3:16PM0.13m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:08 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Temp °C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 16 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 679 | 545 | 472 | 371 | 336 | 265 | 235 | 346 | 444 | 505 | 540 | 478 | 419 | 359 | 305 | 192 | 493 | 456 | 581 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WSW 19 | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 22 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 |
| kJ | 129 | 123 | 84 | 84 | 74 | 69 | 55 | 53 | 23 | 214 | 146 | 184 | 211 | 273 | 264 | 306 | 263 | 945 | 1027 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 18 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | NW 8 | NW 8 | — | WSW 15 | — | WSW 24 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 |
| kJ | 6 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 32 | 16 | 44 | 82 | 149 | 23 | 22 | — | 21 | — | 54 | 172 | 66 | 441 | 723 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 2 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | — | — | WNW 2 | NW 3 | WNW 4 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 6 | W 6 | S 4 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 14 | 87 | 164 | 170 | 170 | 305 | 14 | 411 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 82 | 9 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 153 | 45 |
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