Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
19.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 9PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)--
Afternoon (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010109999999911111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341341341341341341334334301295288282242242211211151146172278389558651712
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NW
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
1.90
11:15AM
2.01
11:20PM
1.88
11:53AM
1.99
12:02AM
1.86
12:35PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:34PM
0.67
4:45AM
0.57
5:15PM
0.67
5:22AM
0.59
5:58PM
0.67
6:02AM
0.61
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:05-------6:05--
Sunset-8:15-------8:15-------8:16------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C202018161414181919181717161719202019181818182020
Feels °C (?)191917141212171718181717151619191919181718182020
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