The Point (nr Wainui) Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.87° S 174.72° E

The Point (nr Wainui) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Point (nr Wainui) sea temperature is
13.0°C
0.2° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Point (nr Wainui) at 5PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (02 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (02 Sep)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
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)
3
W
8
3
W
8
2.5
W
8
2.3
W
8
2.1
W
7
1.8
W
7
1.7
W
6
1.6
W
6
1.6
W
7
1.6
W
6
1.7
W
6
1.7
WNW
7
1.6
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
7
2
WNW
7
3
WNW
8
3
WNW
9
3.5
WNW
9
3
W
9
3
W
9
3
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1169
911
786
600
465
294
233
206
222
202
239
268
276
328
426
974
1550
1914
1637
1457
1476
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
WNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:01PM2.43m
1:20AM2.41m
1:45PM2.29m
2:08AM2.22m
2:39PM2.12m
Low Tide
6:46AM0.16m
7:02PM0.28m
7:25AM0.33m
7:45PM0.45m
8:11AM0.53m
8:41PM0.65m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
3
1
1
Temp °C
13
14
14
13
13
12
11
10
12
16
17
14
13
13
14
15
14
15
14
13
11
Feels °C
7
7
8
8
8
7
6
6
8
11
12
10
9
9
9
10
8
10
7
7
5
  • 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 The Point (nr Wainui) 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