Wainui Beach - Stockroute Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Stockroute 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Stockroute sea temperature is
13.9°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 (22 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Stockroute at 3AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (22 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SE
10
1.2
SE
10
1
SE
9
0.6
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
12
0.6
SE
7
0.6
ESE
7
1
SSE
5
1.6
S
6
1.6
S
7
1.1
SSE
7
1.4
S
8
1.8
S
7
2.1
S
7
2.2
S
8
2.4
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
400
269
162
131
127
47
30
30
56
200
229
124
246
329
491
553
710
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
ESE
10
ENE
30
S
30
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:39AM1.65m
2:07PM1.72m
2:43AM1.66m
3:11PM1.74m
Low Tide
7:43PM0.79m
7:59AM0.83m
8:41PM0.79m
8:59AM0.81m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
12
10
9
8
14
15
15
13
10
10
8
7
10
9
9
10
9
Feels °C
9
7
5
4
11
12
12
7
4
7
5
4
5
3
2
3
2
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