Nukumaru Rock surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Nukumaru Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nukumaru Rock sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nukumaru Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Nukumaru Rock at 7AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
1
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
0.3
WSW
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)91010101077666661414145666136667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59473333184366869211991565440395414415313033106100122392
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
5
NW
5
E
5
NE
5
N
10
N
10
NW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
E
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.80
8:37AM
1.88
9:02PM
1.89
9:32AM
2.01
9:53PM
2.02
10:17AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
0.80
2:59PM
0.80
3:20AM
0.69
3:48PM
0.66
4:05AM
0.56
4:31PM
0.52
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset-------8:50-------8:50-------8:50
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-19515113231-1111--------
Temp. °C171717171818211918181718202019171616151414181919
Feels °C (?)171718171818202119191818202019171516131110141414
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