Nukumaru Rock surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nukumaru Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Nukumaru Rock at 10AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.4
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)99999999877768816161615814141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2151178022572189191714409867244473453211687310231659948552020204232
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
0
S
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
2.48
1:21PM
2.29
1:48AM
2.29
2:19PM
2.07
2:52AM
2.11
3:31PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
0.33
7:24PM
0.44
8:02AM
0.53
8:23PM
0.65
9:19AM
0.71
9:50PM
0.80
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset----5:42-------5:40-------5:39---
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11111---121-------------
Temp. °C11111111121110910101012121110109991212111010
Feels °C (?)44334355566898776771091098
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