Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
21.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 9AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)8889898911999998811587101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242424252326183940403839395437362925725226346164
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
oncrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
2.13
1:53PM
2.11
2:24AM
2.08
2:47PM
2.05
3:27AM
2.04
3:48PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.48
7:31AM
0.62
8:00PM
0.53
8:29AM
0.68
8:59PM
0.57
9:33AM
0.71
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset-------8:08-------8:07-------8:06
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181615151719191918171615182020201919191819202120
Feels °C (?)181514151718181918161515171919191920201819202121
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