Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 NZST
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Wainui Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainui Bay sea temperature is
21.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 12AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)--
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101414141414131313131312121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34933226722120219948946243234734227321220915010310272727246462524
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
1.76
4:45AM
1.91
5:07PM
1.83
5:37AM
1.99
6:04PM
1.93
6:27AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
0.79
10:52AM
0.75
11:15PM
0.72
11:44AM
0.64
12:08AM
0.64
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:47-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset-6:02-------6:01-------6:00------
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-----111--------------
Temp. °C192018171616171818171616161617181917161616161819
Feels °C (?)171816161514151514141311121213141413141313131616
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