Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
16.2°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 (10 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 4PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (10 Nov)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (10 Nov)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
15
1.1
NE
5
1.7
NE
6
1.8
NE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
42
55
191
244
57
33
34
41
50
46
59
61
65
65
60
46
56
59
57
61
83
83
82
78
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
7:15AM1.88m
7:23PM1.82m
7:57AM1.85m
8:02PM1.77m
8:39AM1.82m
8:46PM1.73m
Low Tide
1:22PM0.58m
1:37AM0.49m
2:07PM0.62m
2:17AM0.53m
2:53PM0.66m
3:00AM0.60m
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:48
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7:52
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7:52
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7:55
 mm
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1
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Temp °C
16
19
21
21
19
17
17
17
20
21
21
21
18
16
15
16
20
24
25
23
18
16
14
14
Feels °C
17
18
18
19
16
15
16
16
18
19
19
17
15
15
13
14
18
21
23
20
15
14
12
11
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