Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 10AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
2
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)
1.1
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
16
1.2
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
15
1.1
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
14
1.3
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
16
1.2
SSE
16
0.9
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1
SSE
15
1
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
539
645
637
580
472
557
557
565
573
706
687
669
671
654
446
582
568
428
400
294
245
222
174
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
20
SSE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
12:58PM1.75m
1:19AM1.68m
1:48PM1.76m
2:13AM1.68m
2:40PM1.79m
Low Tide
6:48AM0.80m
7:23PM0.75m
7:38AM0.81m
8:18PM0.75m
8:29AM0.80m
9:10PM0.73m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:15
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:13
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:28
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:29
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:30
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
8
8
12
13
14
13
13
12
11
11
14
13
14
13
12
11
11
11
14
15
14
14
13
Feels °C
6
6
11
9
11
11
10
9
9
9
11
9
10
12
11
8
9
9
13
12
12
13
12
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wainui Beach - Pines surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest