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Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mangahume today?

The current surf forecast for Mangahume at 12PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
2
0
0
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
W
2.4
WNW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)877121213137712121212151514141414149101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5724283672472602862862953039398477547301310109110169669661095328384102213872354
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
2.73
3:04PM
2.80
3:29AM
2.57
3:49PM
2.61
4:19AM
2.42
4:40PM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
0.50
9:24PM
0.54
9:39AM
0.69
10:11PM
0.71
10:30AM
0.87
11:05PM
0.84
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:53-------8:53-------8:53--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171719201918181717171920212019191919222322212019
Feels °C (?)141416171515151515151718181817161515171818171614
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