Wainui Beach - Stockroute surf break

Wainui Beach - Stockroute surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Wainui Beach - Stockroute surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainui Beach - Stockroute sea temperature is
21.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wainui Beach - Stockroute today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Stockroute at 5AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1211111111101010131212121212121211111111101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17116012110313095906895167161224389390330274235181150143130888763
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
5
NNW
10
E
0
E
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
E
20
E
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.80
7:47AM
1.91
8:00PM
1.87
8:27AM
1.99
8:43PM
1.94
9:06AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.63
2:03PM
0.66
2:06AM
0.56
2:44PM
0.58
2:48AM
0.51
3:24PM
0.51
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:04-------8:02-------8:00
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181616171920201918171515192424232121191619222120
Feels °C (?)161415171918181919171212162323241818171518201819
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