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Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
18.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 2AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SSE
1
WSW
1.7
SSE
2
SSE
Period(s) (?)910101010107715141414141414141313131371377
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164172151125125125159269142214305325301357342384373400394388346335268352
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
S
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
2.29
8:35AM
2.39
8:54PM
2.40
9:26AM
2.53
9:43PM
2.53
10:09AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.89
2:48PM
0.93
3:08AM
0.77
3:37PM
0.79
3:54AM
0.63
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:13-------6:15--
Sunset-8:52-------8:52-------8:52------
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light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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