Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
13.4°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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 3PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon).

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
3
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
13
1.2
SSE
14
1.1
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
14
0.7
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
14
0.5
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
514
553
480
352
336
273
265
269
294
307
125
94
220
204
121
115
142
198
78
121
106
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NNE
15
ESE
5
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
SE
10
E
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
25
SSW
Wind State
off
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:00AM2.06m
10:19PM1.97m
10:50AM2.04m
11:14PM1.92m
11:45AM1.99m
Low Tide
4:12PM0.48m
4:36AM0.43m
5:05PM0.52m
5:30AM0.47m
6:00PM0.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
14
19
17
16
14
13
12
11
13
17
15
18
16
14
11
11
13
14
12
10
10
Feels °C
11
17
13
15
12
10
10
8
10
14
13
16
13
12
9
9
11
10
7
3
4
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