Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.5° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 4PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
15
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
394
347
237
222
171
160
107
348
384
342
265
224
158
105
90
111
109
45
36
36
43
Wind (km/h)
0
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
20
E
10
E
0
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
0
SE
5
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
off
High Tide
2:40PM1.79m
3:10AM1.71m
3:35PM1.82m
4:05AM1.76m
4:28PM1.86m
Low Tide
8:29AM0.80m
9:10PM0.73m
9:22AM0.75m
10:00PM0.68m
10:15AM0.69m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
16
15
14
13
13
13
12
17
18
19
19
15
14
12
12
16
17
16
14
13
Feels °C
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
10
15
14
17
18
13
12
10
11
14
12
12
14
11
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