Wainui Beach - Schools Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.68° S 178.08° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Wainui Beach - Schools surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 03 Nov 2025 NZDT

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Wainui Beach - Schools surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Wainui Beach - Schools sea temperature is 15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Beach - Schools today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Schools at 4PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (03 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

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	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	90	75	55	115	105	192	178	129	109	75	70	47	45	20	19	18	18	33	42	118	115	170	286	265
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	ENE	NNE	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	E	E	SSE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	E	E	E	ENE	N	NW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:31PM 1.95				4:59AM 1.94				5:23PM 2.01				5:50AM 2.03				6:13PM 2.06				6:40AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		10:17AM 0.55				10:51PM 0.47				11:09AM 0.48				11:40PM 0.37				12:00PM 0.42				12:30AM 0.31

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	18	15	12	11	11	18	23	19	17	16	15	13	13	17	16	17	16	14	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	15	13	14	17	12	8	7	7	14	21	15	15	15	12	10	11	15	13	14	14	13	10	10	11

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