Wainui Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.01° S 173.85° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 17 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 15.5° 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 6PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Evening (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	147	166	94	49	30	22	22	15	7	6	3	3	3	3
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				3:57PM 1.99				4:20AM 1.89				4:59PM 2.00				5:23AM 1.90				5:55PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		9:23AM 0.63				10:04PM 0.72				10:28AM 0.62				11:06PM 0.68				11:29AM 0.58					12:02AM 0.62

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	16	15	14	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	14	13	11	11	13	16	16	13	11	11	10	9
Feels °C (?)	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	8	8	10	12	11	8	7	8	7	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Wainui Bay (light winds from the WNW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 28 km from Wainui Bay). 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the NW with a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the NE and a 0.1m 9s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
38 minutes ago Wainui Bay

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28 km away, 38 min ago

19 km/h

WNW

0.0

15.5

Air / Water (°C)

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