Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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 2PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.3
SW
0.8
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
1
S
1.3
SSW
2.1
SW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
Period(s) (?)661461212101099998888712567799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)685341472637393733212015147776154112342855710271315
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
20
SE
10
SSW
30
W
40
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
1.63
3:53AM
1.65
4:41PM
1.57
5:25AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
0.84
9:15PM
0.89
10:31AM
0.91
11:16PM
0.91
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset--5:58-------5:55-------5:54-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------2192---
Temp. °C141819181614131215222421191818192021221918181717
Feels °C (?)141616161211111013202320171616181718212014121113
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