Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)88111111111111111178788777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)838782116123116112112811531011861271551511831629493121156193207168
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
2.29
11:29AM
2.16
12:02AM
2.22
12:25PM
2.08
1:00AM
2.14
1:23PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
0.48
5:34PM
0.38
6:10AM
0.52
6:32PM
0.45
7:09AM
0.57
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:52-------5:51-------5:50-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312121315161412121312121515141313121212141313
Feels °C (?)11999911121088977101010998881088
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