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Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
19.3° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 4AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)991010977886651414131356666556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2030191999171923312015323217162643342525171738
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
NE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
S
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crossoncross-
off		offoffoffcrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.68
8:37AM
1.76
9:03PM
1.77
9:33AM
1.88
9:54PM
1.89
10:18AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.77
3:01PM
0.76
3:22AM
0.66
3:51PM
0.63
4:07AM
0.54
4:33PM
0.49
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:49-------8:49-------8:47
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---721013424311211111-----
Temp. °C171717171820191918171617192020191615141414171919
Feels °C (?)161717171820202119181718192020191713111110131514
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