Otaki Beach Surf Forecast

/ Wanganui-Manawatu (16 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (40.68° S 175.15° E)

Surf Forecasts

Otaki Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 09 Aug 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 13.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Otaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otaki Beach at 6PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (09 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

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Wanganui and the Manawatu Surf

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	Saturday 09					Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	4	5	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	459	378	345	300	299	254	234	207	172	125	109	100	93	78	43	37	35	31	34	32	24	20	25	24
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:05AM 1.95				10:22PM 2.12				10:42AM 2.05				10:58PM 2.22				11:19AM 2.12				11:35PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)				4:16PM 0.19				4:41AM 0.09				4:51PM 0.09				5:16AM 0.00				5:25PM 0.04				5:51AM -0.03

	Saturday 09					Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	9	10	8	8	8	7	8
Feels °C (?)	1	1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	7	7	4	4	4	4	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Otaki Beach (light winds from the SW at Otaki 8 km from Otaki Beach). A 0.8m swell from the WNW
1 hour 17 minutes ago Otaki Beach

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1 h 17 min ago

11 km/h

Cross-On

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