Wainui Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.01° S 173.85° E

Issued: 5 am 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Wainui Bay sea temperature is

16.4° C

Wainui Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today (14 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 11AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 14). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Afternoon (14 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	NNW 4	NNW 5	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNW 5	NW 6	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NNW 5	ESE 11	NNW 5	NNW 5	E 14	ESE 19
Wave Graph
kJ	31	36	41	19	19	24	17	17	18	19	20	10	26	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	20	20	37	117
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	NW	NW	NW	W	S	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide			6:59AM2.12m				7:41PM2.27m				7:59AM2.16m				8:36PM2.33m				8:56AM2.18m					9:28PM2.36m
Low Tide	00:44AM0.55m				1:09PM0.34m				1:43AM0.48m				2:05PM0.28m				2:40AM0.41m				2:58PM0.25m


	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	7:28
	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:31
mm	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	16	15	14
Feels °C	10	11	11	13	13	15	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNW 5	NW 6	N 5	N 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	N 4	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	N 5	NNW 5
kJ	31	17	7	19	19	24	16	11	11	9	6	3	26	23	23	23	22	22	22	20	20	20	13	8
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 4	NNE 4	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 4	NNE 10	NE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	E 13	E 14	E 14	ESE 19
kJ	5	5	11	5	5	3	8	17	18	19	20	10	5	2	2	2	10	4	22	22	13	16	37	117
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	E 5	NE 11	N 10	N 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	NE 10	NE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NW 19	W 18	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 9
kJ	2	1	5	2	2	10	17	4	4	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	14	6	4	4	10	11	9	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 4	NNW 5	NW 5	NW 5	NW 5	—	—	—
kJ	22	36	41	48	41	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	20	43	39	39	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	5	1	6	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	111	111	111	72	72	13	63	63	63	63	63	94	13	94	75	75	0	19	13	13	13	13	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Henderson Bay	Henderson Bay	Takou Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	The Box	Twilight Beach	Taupo Bay	Scott Point	The Box	The Box	The Ledge	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Moureeses	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Ledge	Moureeses
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	1	6	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Pines Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes Northland	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	1	5	5	6	6	6	9	8	4	6	6	5	4	3	1	2	2	4	3	4
Header Global	Bancoora Australia	Bullies Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Puertecillo Chile	Lebu Chile	Cathedral Rock Australia	Fox River New Zealand	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Bancoora Australia	Barrancon Chile	Bancoora Australia	Balnarring Point Australia	Shipstern Bluff Australia	Baboon Point South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Easter Reef Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	9	6	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	5	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wainui Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Wainui Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today (14 Jul):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

How Our WaveFinder Tool Makes Forecasting Easier Than Ever Before

The Five Best Forecasts For International Surfing Day 2026

Best Surf Travel Deals & Discounts For 2026 To Help Make Surf Travel Cheaper

Let Our Surf Alerts Do All Your Forecast Heavy Lifting

Talking To Maddie Meddings on New Film Undercurrents. (And Then Watch It!)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website