Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 4PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
E
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
1.1
N
1.7
N
2
N
1.6
N
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
N
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
N
Period(s) (?)9913988988334555677778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)837454444101323354977225376259216199231199137110
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
10
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
10
WSW
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
1.88
5:00AM
1.82
5:48PM
1.95
6:00AM
1.89
6:39PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
0.83
10:54PM
0.87
11:18AM
0.75
11:49PM
0.78
12:13PM
0.66
12:40AM
0.67
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:07----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1192031-----
Temp. °C131415141413131314151515161616151414121211101011
Feels °C (?)121110101212121111121212131312111312765457
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Wainui Bay (light winds from the W at Kerikeri 28 km from Wainui Bay). 0.3m 9s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the NW and a 0.2m 2s local chop, also from the NW as well as a 0.1m 6s windswell, also from the SE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
W
0.0
15.9
Air / Water (°C)
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