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Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 13 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
19.4° 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 10PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.6
WSW
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)116677766999910108878888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8378130196208935536252120152418191991120191891936
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
W
10
S
20
SW
10
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNW
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
15
NW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrossglasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
1.67
7:27AM
1.69
7:57PM
1.68
8:37AM
1.76
9:03PM
1.77
9:33AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
0.82
1:56PM
0.85
2:25AM
0.77
3:01PM
0.76
3:22AM
0.66
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-8:50-------8:50-------8:49------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------11112221521111
Temp. °C171615151414161917161616171719212122171717171921
Feels °C (?)121213121113151714151515171719222124181817181820
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