Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
13.0° C
1.1° 

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 (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 9AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (19 Aug)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (19 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Wed morning, light winds from the NE by Fri morning).

Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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2
!
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1
2
2
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
3
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSE
12
3.5
SSE
12
3
SSE
11
4
S
11
3.5
S
11
3
S
11
1.7
SSE
15
3
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
1.7
SE
9
1.9
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.9
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.1
SSE
8
0.9
ESE
9
0.6
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
0.9
SSE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3352
3050
2513
3488
2973
1864
1271
3434
2634
431
534
449
493
489
500
157
153
203
151
590
534
520
381
Wind (km/h)
50
SSW
45
S
45
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
W
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:47AM1.96m
11:06PM1.95m
11:32AM1.90m
11:48PM1.87m
12:17PM1.84m
Low Tide
4:39AM0.51m
4:56PM0.58m
5:24AM0.56m
5:42PM0.65m
6:09AM0.62m
6:28PM0.72m
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:34
5:35
 mm
3
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
8
9
9
10
9
9
9
8
8
9
10
11
12
10
9
9
8
9
10
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
-3
-1
-1
2
1
2
3
4
4
3
4
6
7
6
6
6
4
5
7
11
9
9
8
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