Wainui Beach - Stockroute Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.08° E

Wainui Beach - Stockroute 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wainui Beach - Stockroute sea temperature is
12.9° C
1.2° 

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 (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Stockroute at 7AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (16 Aug)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (16 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat night, min 6°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.

Sunday
16
Monday
17
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
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
ESE
8
1.6
ESE
9
1.6
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
ESE
9
2.1
SSW
7
2.2
SSW
9
2.3
SSE
10
2.3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
3
SE
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
432
394
354
293
205
222
373
767
963
1045
1314
1325
1184
1540
2448
2171
1825
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
35
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
40
S
40
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:05PM2.10m
8:30AM2.01m
8:51PM2.10m
9:16AM2.02m
Low Tide
2:26AM0.46m
2:37PM0.43m
3:10AM0.46m
3:25PM0.47m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
 mm
2
2
2
1
2
6
9
3
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
12
11
11
11
9
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
Feels °C
10
10
9
4
4
3
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
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