Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 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
17.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whangaehu River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Whangaehu River Mouth at 6AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515151414131212910101010109999998899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)584592568553413282175125280132918831596170115631403128412281175898727549498534589
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
40
S
40
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
2.56
11:47AM
2.49
12:09AM
2.48
12:32PM
2.35
12:55AM
2.34
1:22PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
0.01
5:54PM
0.06
6:17AM
0.13
6:35PM
0.23
7:03AM
0.31
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:43-------5:42-------5:39-
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
41---11-3131531111---11-
Temp. °C141312121313141413121110101011111111111111111111
Feels °C (?)131211101111121111831112244445645
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