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Wainui Beach - Pines surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (17 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 6s |
| Evening (17 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Wainui Beach - Pines. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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 kJ (?) | 29 | 28 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 101 | 856 | 307 | 263 | 214 | 205 | 201 | 161 | 116 | 90 | 86 | 64 | 62 | 36 | 31 | 31 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | on | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | cross | cross | cross | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:32AM 1.80 | 4:43PM 1.78 | 5:13AM 1.77 | 5:26PM 1.73 | 5:58AM 1.74 | 6:10PM 1.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:16PM 0.62 | 10:41AM 0.73 | 10:58PM 0.63 | 11:23AM 0.75 | 11:41PM 0.65 | 12:09PM 0.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 22 |
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