Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Wainui Beach - Whales surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainui Beach - Whales sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Whales at 10PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)--
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.3
SSE
0.6
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)910109191999915614141313131212677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78725266696962617342243936353433312995225271332374179
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
1.96
10:18AM
1.94
10:45PM
1.92
11:00AM
1.89
11:27PM
1.87
11:43AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
0.47
4:13AM
0.51
4:35PM
0.50
4:55AM
0.57
5:17PM
0.56
5:38AM
0.62
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:58-------6:58--
Sunset-7:39-------7:38-------7:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------111---
Temp. °C191817151514171922211716161517181917171615151616
Feels °C (?)161515131413161720191513131416161514131211111211
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