Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Whales at 11AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)131211111110101010109999999999910109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1126111987675762247537136328424621718013313310896119110848282725449
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
SSW
10
E
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
2.02
8:42PM
1.96
8:58AM
2.02
9:23PM
1.97
9:37AM
1.99
10:04PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.45
2:36PM
0.48
2:47AM
0.45
3:16PM
0.46
3:30AM
0.47
3:55PM
0.47
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----7:43-------7:42-------7:39--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121215171717151514141720222018161514171819191715
Feels °C (?)101014151414131413131618191716151413181716161413
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