Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (28 Feb)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1
W
1.4
W
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131414141413131313566777788887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26262628315151484444262654144101154231128337527703335298431
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
S
10
S
5
E
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
5
WNW
25
ESE
15
SE
5
ESE
15
SSE
35
S
35
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.91
9:07PM
1.91
9:34AM
2.10
10:02PM
2.09
10:22AM
2.29
10:46PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.69
3:17PM
0.56
3:37AM
0.50
4:08PM
0.36
4:22AM
0.32
4:48PM
0.19
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-6:58--------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----8:04-------8:01-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------111------
Temp. °C131215192018161414151718181714999111313131211
Feels °C (?)8711161616151313131414141413367755676
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