Wainui Beach - Stockroute Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Stockroute 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wainui Beach - Stockroute sea temperature is
14.5°C
0.4° 

Wainui Beach - Stockroute 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 - Stockroute today (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Stockroute at 5AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1
SSE
15
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
15
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
478
610
706
687
602
671
554
481
582
568
428
394
347
237
222
171
157
105
339
373
331
257
213
153
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
S
10
SW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
1:19AM1.68m
1:48PM1.76m
2:13AM1.68m
2:40PM1.79m
3:10AM1.71m
3:35PM1.82m
Low Tide
7:38AM0.81m
8:18PM0.75m
8:29AM0.80m
9:10PM0.73m
9:22AM0.75m
10:00PM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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7:30
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7:31
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Temp °C
12
11
10
12
14
13
13
12
11
10
11
14
15
15
15
13
13
12
12
16
18
20
17
16
Feels °C
9
9
8
9
10
10
12
11
9
8
9
13
13
13
14
13
12
11
10
15
14
18
17
15
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