Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
13.3° C
0.9° 

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 (30 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 9PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 30). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)--
Afternoon (30 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (30 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the W by Sun morning).

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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)
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
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0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ESE
11
1
ESE
11
1
ESE
11
1
E
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
E
11
0.8
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.6
ESE
11
0.4
SE
14
1.2
SSW
8
2.2
SSW
8
3
SSW
10
2.4
SSE
11
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
314
263
263
251
205
205
198
164
126
126
123
95
63
150
715
1861
1381
2669
2718
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
20
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:03PM1.80m
7:13AM1.77m
7:44PM1.87m
7:57AM1.82m
8:24PM1.93m
Low Tide
12:36PM0.70m
1:18AM0.75m
1:20PM0.65m
2:00AM0.69m
2:02PM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:17
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
12
10
13
14
12
12
15
15
13
11
9
10
8
7
8
9
9
8
Feels °C
10
7
6
8
9
9
9
10
11
8
6
4
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
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