Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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 4PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (02 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (02 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
4
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
1.9
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
3.5
S
4
S
3
SSE
4.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
4.5
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.3
ESE
2.2
SE
Period(s) (?)88899991010111111111213131212111110101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87848667874485180290925193014207042654207468063158428822960534227300312329107306061634
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
1.80
6:51AM
1.93
7:13PM
1.87
7:37AM
1.99
7:59PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
0.64
12:27AM
0.52
1:06PM
0.57
1:18AM
0.47
1:54PM
0.52
2:03AM
0.45
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54
Sunset---7:47-------7:45-------7:45----
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
112232344311111---------
Temp. °C121313131212121112121514131314141515161614121212
Feels °C (?)554434334365446689101211101010
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