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Rangiora Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 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
19.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°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: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)10109778866614141356656556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191917101731313332172032182551373024232230649368
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
ENE
20
SE
15
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onononcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
2.36
9:22PM
2.33
9:50AM
2.46
10:09PM
2.42
10:29AM
2.56
10:50PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
1.16
3:19PM
1.19
3:38AM
1.09
4:03PM
1.10
4:21AM
1.01
4:42PM
1.02
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:50-------8:49-------8:49--
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1414223321111-----------
Temp. °C171718212021181717182020181817161515151819191514
Feels °C (?)1717192120212018181921201818171612121113141599
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