Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 11 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
18.1° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waitarere today?

The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 6AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (11 Dec)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (11 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
SW
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)6677761214136888855513131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62889984383127978810030028714910044443130303029474443
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
S
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
N
10
N
0
W
10
SE
5
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
2.02
3:20PM
2.09
3:50AM
1.92
4:16PM
1.98
4:46AM
1.86
5:15PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29PM
0.50
9:44AM
0.57
10:22PM
0.57
10:40AM
0.65
11:16PM
0.63
11:39AM
0.71
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise---5:41-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset-------8:42-------8:43-------8:43
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514141819181614141312161920191411101015181921
Feels °C (?)161514141817161313121310141416161198813151519
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