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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Beach - Pines today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 12AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.4
NE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)17151513121111131212116101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54121167178353285270321274193135146955765646351343333333333
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
10
S
0
SSE
5
N
5
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
1.93
2:18AM
1.85
2:28PM
1.86
3:00AM
1.80
3:09PM
1.78
3:41AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.61
8:25AM
0.71
8:50PM
0.64
9:10AM
0.75
9:31PM
0.67
9:57AM
0.78
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:56-------5:58--
Sunset-8:34-------8:34-------8:34------
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cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C181818171717192021201919181822242320181717171920
Feels °C (?)151617151615171616161819171821232219161719182020
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