Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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Waitarere surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waitarere sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waitarere today?

The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 12AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)--
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
0.2
W
1.8
SSW
0.1
W
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)88796167666685666554161681212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74369348972735371320289195100176751087139178452061112
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
5
S
0
SW
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassoffoffglasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
2.31
12:58PM
2.14
1:30AM
2.17
2:09PM
2.00
2:44AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
0.28
7:32AM
0.40
7:53PM
0.45
8:36AM
0.54
8:57PM
0.60
9:46AM
0.63
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset5:40-------5:38-------5:37-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
211---12-----61---------
Temp. °C10101011111091010101010108101213121110109912
Feels °C (?)3335655445666481011108787710
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