Wainui Bay Chalet surf break

Wainui Bay Chalet surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
19.0° 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 1PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
E
1.5
ESE
3
E
2.5
E
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
4
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
SE
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212111166666771011111111111110101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82814541405574913641891811773149320532226205936481807155013331049965878
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
1.90
6:42PM
1.88
7:08AM
1.99
7:25PM
1.96
7:47AM
2.05
8:09PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
0.63
12:49AM
0.56
1:23PM
0.54
1:31AM
0.49
2:04PM
0.45
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:20--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------11332321222----
Temp. °C151516191918171717181817171717171717171718171716
Feels °C (?)141415161516161816151413131212121212121213121313
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