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Nukumaru Rock surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Feb 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nukumaru Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Nukumaru Rock at 3PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)1010109111111116677788877666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1441361028186858558111212364462475453612612447326188148169181212219
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
2.65
1:34AM
2.47
1:50PM
2.53
2:09AM
2.36
2:24PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
0.09
7:24PM
0.09
7:34AM
0.18
7:55PM
0.20
8:06AM
0.30
8:26PM
0.34
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:33-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:35-------8:34-------8:32--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121116202018151414141718181817171718192020191919
Feels °C (?)10915181816141212111313141514141416161716161617
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