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Little Wanganui surf break

Little Wanganui surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 01 Apr 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Little Wanganui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Wanganui sea temperature is
18.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Wanganui today?

The current surf forecast for Little Wanganui at 1PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

Table - waves today at Little Wanganui. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly12 Days
West Coast South Island Surf
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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
2.1
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
N
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WSW
1.5
N
1.7
N
1.8
NNW
1.6
N
1.4
NNW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
2
W
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.7
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
5
W
6
W
5
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)14131313141212111516161616161010101010101099101091691010101014131311111011151414141414888810101111109915141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)671563555563634805765713715793688688575575846120113241129126916011199780593527452340344359561721551394303408140074967247768129644944370433139533945736136136983396376290111711780989713779104078252
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
NW
10
NNW
0
SE
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNW
25
WNW
25
NW
15
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
20
N
30
N
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
3.37
1:47AM
3.25
2:10PM
3.16
2:35AM
3.06
3:03PM
2.91
3:30AM
2.83
4:03PM
2.65
4:35AM
2.62
5:17PM
2.44
5:54AM
2.48
6:40PM
2.36
7:15AM
2.47
7:55PM
2.41
8:22AM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
-0.13
7:37PM
-0.08
8:00AM
0.02
8:25PM
0.14
8:52AM
0.24
9:18PM
0.40
9:50AM
0.49
10:18PM
0.64
10:59AM
0.70
11:30PM
0.82
12:17PM
0.81
12:49AM
0.87
1:34PM
0.79
2:00AM
0.81
2:37PM
0.69
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise--------7:47-------7:48-------7:48-------7:50-------7:50-------7:52-------7:52---
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:21-------7:19-------7:17-------7:15-------7:14-------7:13
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Rain (mm)
-----------2511181122251131127102-121111-----34567321---1-3583333
Temp. °C181919171615151615161614131414151515151717171818181818181716151515151514131313131415131314141414151516151516161414131313
Feels °C (?)17181818161414141415151311121313141414161818192020202020181613131313131313121111121299121011111414151414131288767
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