Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 11PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
ESE
0.5
E
0.9
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NNE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
NNE
0.3
ESE
0.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)8777111371212121212677777611116116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1991641169312382771081082022021522732942101547573484040262222
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
NE
5
SSE
5
S
0
SSW
5
SE
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
25
NNW
35
NNW
30
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
1.91
5:26AM
2.02
5:52PM
1.92
6:23AM
2.06
6:50PM
1.96
7:16AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.59
11:34AM
0.64
11:58PM
0.55
12:32PM
0.58
12:54AM
0.50
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:33-------7:33-------7:35-
Sunset-7:25-------7:23-------7:22------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------121-----------
Temp. °C212019191818192121212221211920222221181918161720
Feels °C (?)222221212020212222242118181819202020181816141417
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