Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waitarere today?

The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 2PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)81213131515141414978999988888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)160398329350544537536613413143125559148018551539153912719509741120950570444419
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
N
0
SW
5
SW
10
SE
15
N
5
ENE
10
SE
5
E
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
30
S
25
S
35
S
40
S
35
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
2.49
10:51PM
2.51
11:10AM
2.42
11:37PM
2.44
12:00PM
2.29
12:29AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
0.01
5:46AM
0.11
6:08PM
0.12
6:36AM
0.24
6:58PM
0.28
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:44-------5:42-------5:40-----
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--231---6-112511322221-
Temp. °C1416171514131312121316141211111010109910101010
Feels °C (?)131517141310121011111512663232002344
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