Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 1.5°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 5PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.6
NW
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121161111111114141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15010310272724746462524242312916161636393658565553
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
1.93
6:27AM
2.08
6:56PM
2.05
7:15AM
2.16
7:47PM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
0.64
12:08AM
0.64
12:34PM
0.53
12:56AM
0.55
1:23PM
0.43
1:43AM
0.49
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---6:00------5:59-------5:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C171919171716161618191916151515141618181717161718
Feels °C (?)121414131412131315161513131313121516151515131313
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest