Wainui Bay surf break

Wainui Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
21.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wainui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Bay at 10AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.4
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)88111111121111101099991210109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353535343390229359260194137104767147734741414141404039
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
2.09
9:35PM
2.02
10:03AM
2.15
10:21PM
2.08
10:45AM
2.19
11:06PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
0.56
3:22PM
0.59
3:35AM
0.51
4:05PM
0.52
4:16AM
0.48
4:48PM
0.47
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:14--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161620212221171616171922232219201918192325221717
Feels °C (?)151519181818151514161619191918191918182223181617
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