Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST
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Whangaehu River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whangaehu River Mouth sea temperature is
13.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whangaehu River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Whangaehu River Mouth at 11AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.8
WNW
0.9
NW
0.6
W
0.9
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)910101113121212121212121111111010105610111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77741629624039532532030930425121815014010590983831334467194650768
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
5
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
1.96
8:41PM
2.14
9:05AM
2.12
9:20PM
2.28
9:41AM
2.25
9:55PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.48
2:44PM
0.45
3:09AM
0.32
3:20PM
0.31
3:41AM
0.19
3:51PM
0.20
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:11-----
Sunset-----6:12-------6:13-------6:14--
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
211---------------------
Temp. °C10991011119766812121311121110121617161413
Feels °C (?)445678542358810875351010987
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Whangaehu River Mouth (light winds from the ENE at WanganuiAeroAws 12 km from Whangaehu River Mouth). 1.9m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.4m 7s swell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 10s swell, also from the WSW as well as a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 48 min ago

11 km/h
ENE
Offshore
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