Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 31 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
19.0° 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 3PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (31 Mar)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.4
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)1616166715141413131313131313131213121212121716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13212912417531682716671267817560700587587484484408383389383371359304295347
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncrosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
1.86
6:26AM
1.94
6:50PM
1.90
7:07AM
1.96
7:31PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49AM
0.59
12:09AM
0.53
12:38PM
0.53
12:54AM
0.49
1:21PM
0.48
1:35AM
0.48
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--------7:20-------7:20-------
Sunset---7:02-------7:00-------7:00----
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---321------------------
Temp. °C181917151514141414151514131312111315151514131312
Feels °C (?)1615129111010101111111011111091213131312111110
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