Wainui Bay Chalet surf break

Wainui Bay Chalet surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 NZST
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Wainui Bay Chalet surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainui Bay Chalet sea temperature is
13.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wainui Bay Chalet today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay Chalet at 8PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (15 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s

Table - waves today at Wainui Bay Chalet. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)11101010109999991510101010111010109111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4583472672201841281238483815273678280725549473934222727
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
S
15
SE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:08AM
1.86
12:41PM
1.91
1:03AM
1.78
1:39PM
1.84
2:10AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
0.60
6:28AM
0.54
6:58PM
0.67
7:24AM
0.61
8:03PM
0.72
8:27AM
0.65
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------6:07-------6:05-------6:03-
Sunset5:57-------5:58-------5:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312111112151817151413121115212118151414151617
Feels °C (?)1010975812141313111198111717141098101012
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Wainui Bay Chalet (light winds from the NNW at Gisborne Airport 10 km from Wainui Bay Chalet). 1.9m 10s swell from the S which is too big for here.

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17 km/h
NNW
Cross-Off
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