Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.3
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.9
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.5
N
1.7
NNW
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
Period(s) (?)131312556677777777766777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55535078121208303419340337251314181147116107150183158204244259294314
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
2.22
8:37PM
2.25
8:53AM
2.26
9:28PM
2.31
9:43AM
2.25
10:18PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
0.49
2:10PM
0.34
2:31AM
0.45
2:58PM
0.29
3:23AM
0.44
3:48PM
0.29
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:55-------5:53---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---1122241---1155-112121
Temp. °C181819191919191918171819191717181616161616161616
Feels °C (?)14141515141414141314161715141412101191011101011
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