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Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 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 2PM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
E
0.4
NE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)66666715141313676611101098877712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77667817151413719779111917141388811
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NW
10
W
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
NE
0
ESE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
2.06
12:00AM
1.96
12:26PM
2.03
12:49AM
1.93
1:09PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
0.56
5:56PM
0.58
6:09AM
0.59
6:44PM
0.58
6:55AM
0.63
7:28PM
0.59
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:35-------8:35-------8:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161724252623222019202425272726232222273234292525
Feels °C (?)151523222421231918202424272625211818232930252221
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