The Point (nr Wainui) Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.87° S 174.72° E

The Point (nr Wainui) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Point (nr Wainui) sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.0° 

The Point (nr Wainui) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Point (nr Wainui) today (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Point (nr Wainui) at 8AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s

Table - waves today at The Point (nr Wainui). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri morning, light winds from the N by Sun night).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WNW
6
2.2
WNW
7
3
WNW
8
3.5
WNW
9
3.5
W
9
3
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
2.5
W
10
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
16
2.2
W
16
1.4
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
227
499
1093
1938
1849
1812
1708
1568
1463
1290
2578
2578
2824
2765
1171
1061
1037
1310
2558
1134
789
770
524
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:08AM2.22m
2:39PM2.12m
3:10AM2.02m
3:49PM1.97m
4:32AM1.88m
5:20PM1.92m
Low Tide
8:11AM0.53m
8:41PM0.65m
9:18AM0.73m
10:14PM0.81m
11:08AM0.83m
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
13
14
14
14
14
12
12
12
11
11
12
13
13
12
11
11
11
10
12
16
16
14
14
Feels °C
9
8
8
7
7
5
6
6
5
6
7
8
7
6
7
5
6
6
8
11
12
9
10
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