Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
2
1
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
5
5
5
4
3
2
2
3
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
3
NW
2
WSW
3
NW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)13138108101112131313131414141414141413138812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1532115285383912861039106513611788208820882390278631133293329334003199246215851200933857344
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
WNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
15
ESE
35
SE
20
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
3.34
10:39PM
3.33
10:57AM
3.32
11:22PM
3.30
11:41AM
3.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
-0.02
4:30PM
-0.14
4:51AM
-0.04
5:12PM
-0.09
5:35AM
0.03
5:56PM
0.04
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:50-------5:47---
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
112196548411131---492553-
Temp. °C171718161716151515141516161413131313131515131412
Feels °C (?)11111210121212121211131313111112978111271110
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