Mangahume surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 12 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
18.6° 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 3PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (12 Apr)8ft (2.4m)7s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
3
0
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
1.7
SSE
1.9
S
1.7
SSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
W
1.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)126667871211111111131615141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10119426623053880643542245543979259511279341051277930763004265120691942215127703369
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
S
35
SSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WNW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:00------5:59-------5:57-----
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1110173---11429-111111-4217
Temp. °C181817171717171817181616151616151516151513141413
Feels °C (?)15151314121214141315131412131212111210109987
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