Wainui Beach - Stockroute Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Stockroute 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Stockroute sea temperature is
14.3°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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Stockroute at 1PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.7
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.7
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
568
428
394
347
237
222
171
143
107
348
384
342
265
220
156
101
88
86
63
36
36
29
36
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
0
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
E
0
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
0
E
5
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
2:13AM1.68m
2:40PM1.79m
3:10AM1.71m
3:35PM1.82m
4:05AM1.76m
4:28PM1.86m
Low Tide
8:29AM0.80m
9:10PM0.73m
9:22AM0.75m
10:00PM0.68m
10:15AM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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6:11
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7:31
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Temp °C
10
11
14
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
17
18
20
19
16
15
13
12
15
16
15
14
13
Feels °C
8
9
14
13
13
13
12
11
11
11
15
14
18
18
14
13
11
11
12
12
12
13
12
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