Wainui Beach - Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Pines sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.6° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Pines at 1AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 06). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (07 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Tue night).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
SE
9
1.2
NE
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
E
7
0.9
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.3
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.3
E
9
1
E
8
1
E
9
0.9
E
8
0.8
E
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
56
41
80
25
25
31
52
95
201
156
287
334
274
140
152
109
84
79
73
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
5
N
0
NW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:41PM1.88m
3:17AM1.77m
3:50PM1.88m
4:34AM1.80m
5:00PM1.91m
Low Tide
9:06PM0.66m
9:30AM0.61m
10:14PM0.62m
10:40AM0.58m
cloud
part cloud
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:35
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6:33
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7:15
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7:16
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7:17
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2
7
1
1
1
1
1
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Temp °C
14
13
11
10
10
11
12
13
13
14
14
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
8
8
8
7
8
11
11
12
11
13
13
12
11
10
10
9
10
11
12
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