Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 17 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186328335225225220314408416512522512567673983125813001210108210421000922794711
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
1.95
7:15AM
1.93
7:22PM
1.94
8:00AM
1.97
8:04PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
0.69
12:49AM
0.58
1:13PM
0.68
1:34AM
0.57
1:56PM
0.68
2:16AM
0.56
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---8:08-------8:09-------8:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------111------------
Temp. °C181818181717171819191919181818191919202019181817
Feels °C (?)161615151515161819182022201918191818202020191918
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