Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 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
20.4° 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 1PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.9
S
1.3
SSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010109966986811111111101099915
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14113311588635838596114736353578148176140121825128261518
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
WNW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
ESE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
5
SSE
5
NE
0
S
20
S
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
oncrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
2.04
9:26PM
1.99
9:46AM
2.07
10:09PM
2.02
10:29AM
2.06
10:54PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.51
3:24PM
0.51
3:31AM
0.47
4:04PM
0.45
4:15AM
0.46
4:47PM
0.42
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------7:59--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191820232321191716151718191816151515192223221817
Feels °C (?)151518222121191213131616151313131313152022221514
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