Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
18.0° 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: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (26 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (26 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)516151514141515131312121211111010101099998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1139373353323755891191081501371601511351251201151441381325853
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
1.95
4:33PM
1.78
5:15AM
1.80
6:05PM
1.67
6:51AM
1.78
7:42PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.71
10:40PM
0.80
12:10PM
0.82
12:58AM
0.84
1:59PM
0.71
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise--7:26-------7:28-------7:28-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:21-------7:19--
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---3128111---------------
Temp. °C151617151515181717182023232219181716192221191716
Feels °C (?)121314111111151616172022212119181716182020191716
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