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Nukumaru Rock surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 29 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
18.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nukumaru Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Nukumaru Rock at 4AM is: 0.2m 20s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (29 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (29 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.2
WSW
1
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.2
WSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.7
WSW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)9920556667777666515131366556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)392438469014420521831831221411049756245213030355262112205
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NE
10
E
20
SE
20
S
20
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrossoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.99
7:53PM
2.00
8:34AM
2.10
9:08PM
2.12
9:40AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
0.71
1:56PM
0.71
2:32AM
0.63
3:12PM
0.56
3:37AM
0.47
4:10PM
0.37
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise---6:24-------6:26-------6:28----
Sunset-------8:42-------8:40-------8:39
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171614141820201816151314182220181615141618201918
Feels °C (?)161412111516161413131213151918171614131516171514
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