Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.4° 

Wainui Beach - Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Wainui Beach - Pines today (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 7PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (03 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (03 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Wainui Beach - Pines. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, calm by Sun night).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
7
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
6
1.7
S
6
0.9
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
2.1
S
15
1.6
SSE
14
1.5
SSE
14
1.4
SSE
13
1.3
SSE
13
1.2
SSE
12
1.2
SSE
12
1.1
SE
12
1.1
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
1
SE
11
0.9
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
127
99
78
121
116
228
480
561
1898
982
814
649
489
390
378
349
331
314
233
229
191
Wind (km/h)
15
S
20
S
25
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
NE
15
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:45AM1.99m
00:08AM1.87m
12:41PM1.95m
1:04AM1.82m
1:40PM1.90m
Low Tide
6:00PM0.57m
6:27AM0.52m
6:58PM0.62m
7:24AM0.57m
8:00PM0.66m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:41
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6:39
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6:37
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7:13
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7:14
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7:15
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 mm
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2
4
1
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Temp °C
13
14
13
11
10
11
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
12
11
9
Feels °C
10
10
8
6
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
7
8
8
7
7
8
7
8
7
5
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