Wainui Beach - Stockroute Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Stockroute 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wainui Beach - Stockroute sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.6° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Stockroute at 6PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (23 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (23 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the NW by Fri morning).

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSW
8
1.5
SSE
7
2.1
S
8
1.7
SSE
8
2.2
S
8
2.1
S
8
2.1
S
8
2.3
S
8
2.3
S
8
2.2
S
8
2
S
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SE
9
1
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
ESE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
264
215
504
310
564
545
610
703
636
687
594
293
244
211
216
182
154
135
135
99
204
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
10
S
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:11PM1.74m
3:49AM1.71m
4:18PM1.80m
4:41AM1.78m
5:08PM1.88m
Low Tide
8:59AM0.81m
9:39PM0.76m
9:59AM0.75m
10:33PM0.71m
10:49AM0.67m
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
9
10
10
9
8
6
6
7
9
11
10
9
8
8
7
10
11
11
11
10
Feels °C
5
4
4
2
1
2
1
0
1
2
5
6
6
4
4
3
7
7
7
8
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wainui Beach - Stockroute surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest