Waitarere surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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 11AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (22 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (22 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
W
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)1667766666665544161616151213141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52653712982801951085781745824954520541213161413
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
20
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
5
E
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffglassglassonglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
2.31
12:58PM
2.14
1:30AM
2.17
2:09PM
2.00
2:44AM
2.05
3:24PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.40
7:53PM
0.45
8:36AM
0.54
8:57PM
0.60
9:46AM
0.63
10:12PM
0.68
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:38-------5:37-------5:36---
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-11----11--------------
Temp. °C11119111110101099911121110101099121211119
Feels °C (?)66465577577910987877101010107
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