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Otaki Beach surf break

Otaki Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 May 2025 NZST
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Otaki Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Otaki Beach sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Otaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otaki Beach at 8AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 May)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (07 May)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (07 May)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

Table - waves today at Otaki Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
1.3
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1.2
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
0.8
NNW
1.1
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)677666666551616151515181766888888171610161610877881414141515151515151515151414457877776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2692612782531761591411261017458484845457710410111513237326216498915557535282804732273020203840414242747677454544212016215833050843530723010747
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
25
N
10
W
10
SSW
15
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
5
SE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
SW
0
WSW
5
E
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
S
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassonglasscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offglassoffglassglassonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
1.58
6:49PM
1.55
7:08AM
1.66
7:42PM
1.66
7:56AM
1.75
8:23PM
1.77
8:36AM
1.83
8:59PM
1.87
9:12AM
1.90
9:32PM
1.95
9:45AM
1.95
10:04PM
2.00
10:17AM
1.97
10:35PM
2.02
10:50AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.74
12:56PM
0.61
1:14AM
0.64
1:42PM
0.50
1:57AM
0.53
2:18PM
0.40
2:33AM
0.43
2:50PM
0.32
3:06AM
0.34
3:21PM
0.25
3:38AM
0.28
3:51PM
0.22
4:09AM
0.24
4:22PM
0.21
4:41AM
0.23
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset----5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313141514141313121316171616151516181814141312111112131312111099111415131312111011131312121110101114151515151281010
Feels °C (?)9991112121211111011141616141212131415131311101010111211119877101214121111109101312121110888111110996333
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. The swell moderated overnight but it was still up to about head-high at exposed reefs along the Tora coast. Sunny with light to moderate cross-off/off which varied between NW and SW and slowly increased until it beccame a ragged here.

    Tora-Shipwreck, 98 km away
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