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Rangiora Street surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 31 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 1PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (31 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
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
1
2
2
1
1
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
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WSW
1.1
W
1.3
WSW
1.9
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)13135566777777665555555554
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)331633398013033543939720316312681523425192121201312724
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NW
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
2.72
10:24PM
2.65
10:50AM
2.84
11:13PM
2.74
11:36AM
2.92
11:58PM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.92
4:14PM
0.86
4:37AM
0.79
5:04PM
0.75
5:24AM
0.69
5:49PM
0.68
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:38-------8:37-------8:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C141518191918151311111619191815141212181722242221
Feels °C (?)1314161514141110891416161614131110161723252221
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