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Waitarere Surf Forecast
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Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Waitarere today?
The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 11AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Waitarere. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2351 | 2752 | 2228 | 1701 | 1808 | 1170 | 1351 | 1031 | 788 | 603 | 463 | 349 | 306 | 306 | 255 | 255 | 200 | 289 | 232 | 183 | 161 | 123 | 56 | 76 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:43AM 1.96 | 7:14PM 2.12 | 7:38AM 2.06 | 8:01PM 2.22 | 8:23AM 2.16 | 8:41PM 2.30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:14AM 0.65 | 1:40PM 0.59 | 2:09AM 0.51 | 2:31PM 0.45 | 2:54AM 0.38 | 3:13PM 0.33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu
Continuing clean conditions at Waitarere (light winds from the NNW at Otaki 22 km from Waitarere). A 3.2m swell from the WNW is too big for here
22 km away, 1 h 47 min ago
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