Wainui Beach - Pines surf break

Wainui Beach - Pines surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Wainui Beach - Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wainui Beach - Pines today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 12AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)--
Afternoon (18 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (18 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)812119101010101010101010917999151616669
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123224150659474767359584545443458272623232424442415
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
NE
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
S
5
SSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
1.87
4:29AM
1.80
4:47PM
1.88
5:22AM
1.84
5:38PM
1.90
6:05AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.69
10:30AM
0.67
10:59PM
0.64
11:24AM
0.63
11:47PM
0.59
12:07PM
0.59
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:16-------6:15--
Sunset-7:25-------7:27-------7:28------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12121111131217222318141214151720221818131191623
Feels °C (?)8888991317181210910121316181415101071218
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Wainui Beach - Pines (light winds from the NNW at Gisborne Airport 10 km from Wainui Beach - Pines). 1.4m 10s swell from the S with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 56 min ago

13 km/h
NNW
Cross-Off
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