Whanganui River Entrance Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at — and sunset is at 05:44 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the SSE by Sun morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon night, min 12°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wed 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:52PM2.30m | 8:13AM2.42m | 8:37PM2.40m | 8:52AM2.50m | 9:15PM2.50m | 9:27AM2.57m | 9:49PM2.58m | 10:00AM2.63m | 10:20PM2.65m | 10:32AM2.66m | 10:51PM2.70m | 11:04AM2.67m | 11:22PM2.72m | 11:37AM2.65m | 11:55PM2.70m | 12:11PM2.60m | 00:31AM2.65m | 12:50PM2.52m | 1:13AM2.57m | 1:37PM2.43m | 2:05AM2.48m | 2:40PM2.34m | 3:11AM2.40m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:47PM1.07m | 2:08AM1.05m | 2:30PM0.94m | 2:49AM0.93m | 3:06PM0.83m | 3:24AM0.85m | 3:40PM0.75m | 3:56AM0.79m | 4:12PM0.70m | 4:28AM0.76m | 4:44PM0.69m | 5:00AM0.77m | 5:17PM0.71m | 5:33AM0.81m | 5:51PM0.77m | 6:09AM0.88m | 6:28PM0.85m | 6:49AM0.97m | 7:09PM0.95m | 7:36AM1.07m | 7:56PM1.05m | 8:33AM1.15m | 8:55PM1.13m | 9:39AM1.18m | ||||||||||||
WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | SSW 5 | SW 18 | WSW 5 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 7 | SW 10 | WSW 9 | SW 16 | SSW 8 | S 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | |
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cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | |
max°C | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Moonrise | 3:49 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:29 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 10:11 | 11:24 |
Moonset | 1:52 | — | 2:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 4:51 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 10:10 | — | — | 11:14 | — | — | 12:13 | — | — | 1:03 | — | — | 1:45 |
 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:03 |
 | 5:44 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Whanganui River Entrance is 17.0 °C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 16.7 max: 17.9 min: 15.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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