Nukumaru Rock surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
18.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (04 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (04 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3
S
2.4
S
1.6
S
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.8
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)8888109999888777766666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16151319728318221256556836562539494399329429418286178122118166264269262199
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
35
S
30
S
15
S
5
SSW
10
W
15
NW
20
W
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
2.54
10:20PM
2.56
10:46AM
2.64
11:10PM
2.60
11:34AM
2.68
11:58PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
0.13
4:17PM
0.14
4:39AM
0.07
5:05PM
0.07
5:24AM
0.06
5:51PM
0.06
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-5:46-------5:46-------5:46------
Sunset-----8:35-------8:36-------8:37--
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
41----------------------
Temp. °C121315161716151515151618181716141415192019181615
Feels °C (?)558121514121212121314141313111112151616161413
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