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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 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
20.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 7AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 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)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)99999999910101010912121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1261301301017674565759128131133100929999101205256329323258250233
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		oncrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
1.91
11:04AM
2.01
11:21PM
1.93
11:47AM
2.01
12:07AM
1.94
12:30PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
0.52
5:21PM
0.53
5:26AM
0.50
6:05PM
0.48
6:11AM
0.50
6:50PM
0.45
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---6:07-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset-------8:29-------8:28-------8:28
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C211818161718191917161615192022221817171619202020
Feels °C (?)181515111112141512111111141619191412121216181919
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