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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
20.4° 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 1AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
0.9
SSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
SE
0.4
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)121111111010101011109967698711111111109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)322248227181141133115886458375921920055363553431431281197850
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
5
WNW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43PM
1.94
9:06AM
2.04
9:26PM
1.99
9:46AM
2.07
10:09PM
2.02
10:29AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
0.58
2:48AM
0.51
3:24PM
0.51
3:31AM
0.47
4:04PM
0.45
4:15AM
0.46
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:41-------6:41--
Sunset-8:02-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121202017202223211818161416181918161415141920
Feels °C (?)202119171714182021201713131215161513131213121518
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