Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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 10AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)769888111111101099998666141211109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)239101363571731481351198675504226251411298459833923917398
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
ESE
25
NE
25
NE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SE
15
E
10
E
10
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSE
20
SSE
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
2.07
10:09PM
2.02
10:29AM
2.06
10:54PM
2.03
11:16AM
2.03
11:42PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.47
4:04PM
0.45
4:15AM
0.46
4:47PM
0.42
5:01AM
0.46
5:33PM
0.41
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------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
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161416182019171515151921222119171614171818171615
Feels °C (?)121215171614141313131619192018131312151515161514
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