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Rangiora Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Rangiora Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rangiora Street sea temperature is
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rangiora Street today?

The current surf forecast for Rangiora Street at 10AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Rangiora Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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)
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
W
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)8981111119881011101167877766999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119315174598696805613222752211972063143261763064033582951247537242119
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
20
W
30
W
20
W
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
2.25
6:09PM
2.25
6:54AM
2.23
7:20PM
2.22
8:09AM
2.27
8:27PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
1.25
12:29AM
1.19
1:12PM
1.29
1:42AM
1.20
2:24PM
1.26
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:03-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset-----8:51-------8:50-------8:50--
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-3----------------234122
Temp. °C201717181817151311111819181715131314131314141515
Feels °C (?)14141213141414129101615131312101011111315141515
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