Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
20.3° 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 2AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)681111111010999915887912111099998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)358218617013011575504226251821586818946932525198116908662
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
20
N
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SE
15
E
5
E
10
S
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
oncrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
2.02
10:29AM
2.06
10:54PM
2.03
11:16AM
2.03
11:42PM
2.01
12:04PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.45
4:15AM
0.46
4:47PM
0.42
5:01AM
0.46
5:33PM
0.41
5:49AM
0.49
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:43--
Sunset-8:00-------7:59-------7:57------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191917141515202021201816161517181817161516152022
Feels °C (?)151514121313181818191714141315151416141414131920
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