Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
2
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0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
N
2
N
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.3
NE
2.4
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
7.5
E
7.5
ENE
7.5
ENE
7
ENE
6.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)151515161515141414141313131313131314141414141514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17211902164117991749149913401357187919222002265847185374644099081253416470190252184421206235602139918056
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SSE
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
1.86
12:54AM
1.87
1:02PM
1.80
1:48AM
1.84
1:54PM
1.75
2:49AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14AM
0.80
6:28PM
0.77
7:01AM
0.84
7:16PM
0.81
7:54AM
0.86
8:09PM
0.83
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:06----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------1361994
Temp. °C181819191918171718202119191919192020202021212121
Feels °C (?)181819191917151515171916161514131414141316161618
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