Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Mangamaunu today (15 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Mangamaunu at 4PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 7s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Mangamaunu. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 15 | Friday 16 | Saturday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 17 | 44 | 64 | 130 | 392 | 1627 | 2833 | 2681 | 3217 | 3233 | 2754 | 2562 | 2378 | 1385 | 1201 | 1048 | 679 | 461 | 430 | 335 | 525 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:55AM1.50m | 9:20PM1.36m | 9:44AM1.47m | 10:09PM1.33m | 10:32AM1.45m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:18PM0.26m | 3:29AM0.28m | 4:06PM0.29m | 4:16AM0.31m | 4:54PM0.31m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | |  | |  |  | | | | | | |
 | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — |
mm | — | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -4 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 10 | NE 9 | NE 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 14 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1291 | 1385 | 1201 | 1048 | 679 | 461 | 430 | 335 | 216 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | S 8 | S 16 | E 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 16 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | S 15 | S 10 |
| kJ | 17 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 153 | 146 | 181 | 153 | 113 | 43 | 38 | 353 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 7 | NE 5 | S 13 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 11 | S 15 |
| kJ | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 39 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 4 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 11 |
| kJ | 7 | 44 | 64 | 130 | 392 | 1627 | 2833 | 2681 | 3217 | 3233 | 2754 | 2562 | 2378 | 738 | 757 | 742 | 544 | 449 | 363 | 314 | 525 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 73 | 23 | 23 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 197 | 157 | 30 | 30 | 73 | 30 | 30 | 147 | 147 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Mangamaunu surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest