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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.7° C
(Which is 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 5PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
SSE
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.2
SSE
3.5
SSW
5
S
Period(s) (?)89777777788888881010111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62432942383736373844507067684529147647151820732429111131685782
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
0
NNE
5
ESE
10
SW
10
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscrossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
2.07
7:21PM
2.13
7:39AM
2.06
8:12PM
2.13
8:33AM
2.02
9:06PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.32
1:33AM
0.42
1:57PM
0.33
2:28AM
0.45
2:49PM
0.38
3:25AM
0.49
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:37-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset--5:34-------5:32-------5:31-----
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
21---------1211---1--111
Temp. °C171820181615141416192016151413131417151313121213
Feels °C (?)1517191715141313151920151411101112141189101111
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