Whangaehu River Mouth surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)5995666666146612101099998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3530426678163162827053413338373937222116157777
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
ENE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
1.76
2:37AM
1.75
3:11PM
1.63
3:53AM
1.65
4:41PM
1.57
5:25AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
0.69
8:04PM
0.75
8:44AM
0.84
9:15PM
0.89
10:31AM
0.91
11:16PM
0.91
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset--5:59-------5:58-------5:55-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172119171615141314181818151413131421242120181818
Feels °C (?)151817151514131214161617111110111219221918161717
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