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Otaki Beach surf break

Otaki Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
17.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Otaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otaki Beach at 1PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
NW
2.3
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)578777777776677777677788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5322937334939029929928624924922219624635349049034230431252366676110191350
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
5
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
1.87
3:01PM
1.93
3:26AM
1.75
3:43PM
1.78
4:12AM
1.64
4:30PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.35
9:05PM
0.37
9:14AM
0.48
9:45PM
0.49
10:00AM
0.61
10:34PM
0.61
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------6:00------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:52-------8:52--
part cloud
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clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C161619191818171717171818181818181818202019191919
Feels °C (?)151618191719171717171516171717161615161716161513
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