Wanganui River Mouth surf break

Wanganui River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 NZST
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Wanganui River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wanganui River Mouth sea temperature is
12.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wanganui River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Wanganui River Mouth at 4PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (13 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (13 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Wanganui River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)991011111110101010109999987888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)949140520132948314028062295217518501403922702435318262222207355584561569682686912
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
45
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
45
WNW
40
W
30
W
20
WSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
2.63
2:29AM
2.53
3:05PM
2.48
3:42AM
2.37
4:27PM
2.36
5:09AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.79
8:26PM
0.93
8:49AM
0.98
9:30PM
1.10
9:55AM
1.15
10:48PM
1.21
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise6:24-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:08----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-111--11111-------------
Temp. °C121212111111121212131210999111314141313131314
Feels °C (?)433222346888877778777768
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Wanganui River Mouth (fresh winds from the W at WanganuiAeroAws 4 km from Wanganui River Mouth). A 4.1m swell from the WSW is too big for here

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1 h 29 min ago

37 km/h
W
Cross-Shore
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