Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 11 Dec 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 9AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (11 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (11 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.5
ENE
2
E
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)10101010999161615151515151515141414988814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1239928788427685506430310306298287283279275272272268264203306271235223198
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
E
10
E
0
W
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
2.01
1:46PM
2.14
2:10AM
1.95
2:38PM
2.07
3:05AM
1.89
3:29PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
0.48
7:55PM
0.52
8:09AM
0.58
8:47PM
0.57
9:02AM
0.67
9:40PM
0.61
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:31--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161622232222181817161923232016161515181919181817
Feels °C (?)151421212123171614121519181613141314161616151514
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