Otaki Beach surf break

Otaki Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 10 Oct 2025 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
14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Otaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otaki Beach at 10AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (10 Oct)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (10 Oct)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4
WNW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)778888878888888888999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)558589831622631693646589708952952105210108907741101118711681637232720651553958464
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
2.28
1:07AM
2.20
1:28PM
2.16
1:52AM
2.02
2:15PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
-0.05
6:51PM
0.01
7:08AM
0.09
7:31PM
0.16
7:46AM
0.28
8:15PM
0.36
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:37------
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:35--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11122232322-11---
Temp. °C151515161616151515151515151515151515161515151414
Feels °C (?)111010121111910910101011111091199810101011
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Otaki Beach (light winds from the N at Otaki 8 km from Otaki Beach). 2.5m 8s swell from the NW to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 59 min ago

8 km/h
N
Clean
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