Mangamaunu surf break

Mangamaunu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 25 Aug 2025 NZST
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Mangamaunu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mangamaunu sea temperature is
9.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Mangamaunu today?

The current surf forecast for Mangamaunu at 8AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (25 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (25 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
ENE
1.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)9881515151515151516161414141518171656676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)64494633292722292932333834356051641081391621259464174
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NNE
0
NNE
0
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
1.44
6:17PM
1.53
6:40AM
1.43
7:05PM
1.48
7:29AM
1.41
7:52PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
0.15
12:37AM
0.18
12:54PM
0.18
1:23AM
0.21
1:43PM
0.22
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------6:58-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8791111999981012121112111010131516151413
Feels °C (?)54799788768910910866111213131110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kaikoura and Marlborough

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mangamaunu (light winds from the WNW at KaikouraAws 13 km from Mangamaunu). 0.4m 8s swell from the S with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the ENE and a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
WNW
Clean
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