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Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 24 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waitarere today?

The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 9AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (24 Nov)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (24 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
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
W
0.3
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.2
W
0.4
SW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
NW
0.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)13137666612612121212121212121212128859
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292911110868351711111111111114131212103310109134528
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
WSW
15
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
15
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
N
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
2.12
12:35PM
2.22
12:57AM
2.06
1:17PM
2.15
1:43AM
1.99
2:04PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
0.47
7:33PM
0.57
7:49AM
0.54
8:18PM
0.63
8:34AM
0.60
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise---5:46-------5:46-------5:45----
Sunset-------8:24-------8:25-------8:27
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C151513131617181714131314172020191716161620222219
Feels °C (?)151412121515161411101012151919191714141418191817
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