Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 05 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (06 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
NE
4
NE
3.5
NE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.4
NNE
1.4
N
Period(s) (?)8777788888999999989911111414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5164404564985286407097651067144622372473225118841094993858737663471651663754725
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
0
NW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
2.10
10:22AM
2.02
10:53PM
2.05
10:59AM
1.97
11:30PM
1.99
11:37AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
0.62
4:30PM
0.55
4:50AM
0.69
5:07PM
0.63
5:31AM
0.75
5:46PM
0.70
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:39-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset-------6:12-------6:10-------6:09
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11122115121759543221------
Temp. °C191918191919201918181919202121212020201919202020
Feels °C (?)161614151515161513131416171819202022222020222322
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