Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
21.3° 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 8AM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
!
!
!
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4
NNE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)9999101010101091010999998888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21762606275631223594416237903303235820811800160813601065826736628522428356330264229199
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
40
NE
45
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
30
NNE
25
N
30
NNE
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
2.11
2:35PM
2.02
3:16AM
2.04
3:37PM
1.95
4:23AM
2.01
4:46PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
0.50
8:19AM
0.64
8:46PM
0.55
9:23AM
0.67
9:50PM
0.59
10:30AM
0.67
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:27-------7:25
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1418812112126661--------------
Temp. °C191819202020202121212019202121212019181819212121
Feels °C (?)141213141414182019222220222121222220181820232223
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