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Wainui Bay Surf Forecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 30 May 2023 NZST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent
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 17.8 °C (Statistics for 30 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 max: 18.4 min: 16.1 °C)
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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 17.8 °C (Statistics for 30 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 max: 18.4 min: 16.1 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Tauranga Bay (light winds from the N at Kaeo Radar Automatic Weather Station 9 km from Tauranga Bay).

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Actual: 28 min ago

Moderate
19 km/h
N
Cross-Shore
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How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 2PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 May)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (30 May)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (30 May)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.5
NW
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.8
NW
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)99999888999999999999998888888888161515151414141313131313131312126121212121212121212711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)43541540535229726823423423229430830826226222722722723223219416114413711311380807861595937507911615726425329328033633132126026025624018416713813610010068686742425922
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
35
WNW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
35
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
1.74
4:06AM
1.89
4:48PM
1.81
4:56AM
1.93
5:41PM
1.89
5:46AM
1.97
6:31PM
1.99
6:35AM
2.02
7:20PM
2.09
7:25AM
2.07
8:09PM
2.17
8:15AM
2.10
8:59PM
2.23
9:07AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.77
9:47PM
0.85
10:23AM
0.73
10:45PM
0.82
11:13AM
0.67
11:37PM
0.77
12:01PM
0.60
12:25AM
0.71
12:48PM
0.52
1:13AM
0.64
1:36PM
0.45
2:02AM
0.58
2:24PM
0.39
2:53AM
0.52
3:13PM
0.35

Note: the tide data above is for Waiiti Bay, New Zealand which is 7 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Wainui Bay.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Wainui Bay blow from the WSW

Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151617161414141415161815141314151618191615151515161716151413131313151614141313131415151413151513131413121212111113151514
Feels °C (?)16161515131312121414161312121314151717141313131214141413111099101112111211101011121010991077766656569910
Sunrise7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26---
Sunset--5:21-------5:21-------5:21-------5:20-------5:20-------5:20-------5:20-------5:19-

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