Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 01 Dec 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waitarere today?

The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 4PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (01 Dec)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (01 Dec)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)9888771057788888888667888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16021225974744498237386106192172163123151167137109654885751989821334978
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
NE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48PM
2.14
7:34AM
2.12
7:48PM
2.22
8:33AM
2.27
8:48PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
0.50
1:56AM
0.35
2:26PM
0.38
2:55AM
0.24
3:25PM
0.27
3:49AM
0.15
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:41-------5:41
Sunset---8:31-------8:32-------8:34----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------164122726103-
Temp. °C161617161615141516181817141312131415161514131212
Feels °C (?)10101212121211121415161613119111414161410776
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