Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 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
14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 12AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (20 Oct)6ft (1.8m)15s

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

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
0
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
3
2
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
3
WNW
2.5
WSW
3.5
W
3
WSW
4
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)15151514141414141413131313810101111111515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17161337133719001848193322532222177213039877347119171181295624604244291146475051562259155550
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
35
WNW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
2.89
10:03AM
2.89
10:15PM
2.96
10:36AM
2.98
10:47PM
3.00
11:07AM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
0.30
4:10PM
0.35
4:27AM
0.23
4:43PM
0.30
4:58AM
0.20
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:30-------6:28--
Sunset-7:45-------7:46-------7:47------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1125-----
Temp. °C141312111011151617151615161617161616141413131314
Feels °C (?)99766610101110109101111109111098989
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Mangahume (light winds from the WNW at HaweraAws 32 km from Mangahume). 2.0m 8s swell from the W with a 1.4m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km/h
WNW
0.0
14.9
Air / Water (°C)
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