Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
16.2°C
1.0° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 8PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
12
0.3
S
18
0.5
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
1.6
SSW
7
0.5
S
16
1.3
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
0.5
SSE
14
0.5
SSE
14
0.5
SSE
13
2
SSW
7
3
SSW
8
3
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
1.8
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
82
62
155
87
78
74
236
129
178
183
118
108
102
417
1173
1469
1537
1476
1535
861
777
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
WNW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:44AM2.09m
9:03PM1.98m
9:37AM2.09m
10:01PM1.95m
10:33AM2.06m
Low Tide
3:00PM0.48m
3:20AM0.40m
3:56PM0.51m
4:15AM0.46m
4:54PM0.55m
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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6:03
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7:38
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7:39
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2
1
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Temp °C
17
20
21
19
16
15
11
11
15
17
17
16
14
11
10
9
10
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
11
15
15
14
12
11
6
5
9
12
12
10
7
3
2
3
3
4
6
7
9
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