Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
16.0°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 (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 5PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (27 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue morning, calm by Wed afternoon).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
11
0.6
S
4
0.8
S
5
0.6
SSE
5
0.6
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
14
13
12
12
28
20
25
26
92
96
68
65
57
107
70
81
65
92
87
80
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
30
NW
15
NW
30
S
15
S
10
S
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
20
ENE
20
E
0
SSE
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:08AM2.03m
7:25PM2.01m
7:55AM2.07m
8:11PM2.00m
8:44AM2.09m
9:03PM1.98m
Low Tide
1:17PM0.48m
1:43AM0.37m
2:06PM0.47m
2:30AM0.37m
3:00PM0.48m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
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6:05
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6:03
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7:37
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7:37
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7:38
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1
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Temp °C
17
19
19
14
13
12
12
11
14
16
17
17
15
14
14
13
17
20
22
19
16
Feels °C
12
13
17
9
10
10
11
9
13
11
13
16
9
9
8
7
11
15
17
14
11
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