Nukumaru Rock surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 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
18.4° 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: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
S
0.3
NW
0.2
WSW
0.4
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.4
WSW
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212121212101015104555651010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175105102694443323014141414815212529373947402032117
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
SE
15
S
10
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
N
10
ENE
15
NE
20
N
15
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16PM
2.34
12:33AM
2.31
12:48PM
2.20
1:07AM
2.17
1:24PM
2.04
1:46AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02AM
0.29
6:15PM
0.33
6:34AM
0.42
6:47PM
0.48
7:08AM
0.58
7:23PM
0.64
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:04-------6:02----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------11-1-------
Temp. °C152022211816151517182018181719201718191615141414
Feels °C (?)141718191514121215171917171517191616161414121212
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