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Wainui Beach - Whales surf Forecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 19 Apr 2024 NZST
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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 17.9°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 17.9 °C max: 19.1 °C min: 16.6 °C)
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  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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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 17.9°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 17.9 °C max: 19.1 °C min: 16.6 °C)


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

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Whales at 1AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. Light offshore wind and increasing high cloud with clean waves around shoulder to head-high in the middle of the bay at high tide. Mostly breaking too straight but now and then a good shoulder to be had alongside a rip.

    Opoutama Beach, 49 km away
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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
NE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)1414141414141413131211111010101514141313131314141414141414151414141413131312121211141515151516151514141313612117778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)21020414914511011361575428252437353642671491411391411411491631601561541523666876607124334273422691831691671231157023717624222225623716711810859556245258511112586
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
E
10
ESE
0
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
5
S
15
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
10
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WNW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
1.80
4:11PM
1.78
4:20AM
1.83
4:48PM
1.82
4:58AM
1.86
5:22PM
1.84
5:33AM
1.88
5:57PM
1.87
6:06AM
1.88
6:33PM
1.88
6:41AM
1.88
7:12PM
1.88
7:19AM
1.85
7:52PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
0.78
9:44AM
0.73
10:09PM
0.74
10:29AM
0.69
10:48PM
0.69
11:08AM
0.64
11:24PM
0.64
11:45AM
0.59
11:59PM
0.61
12:21PM
0.54
12:37AM
0.59
12:58PM
0.52
1:18AM
0.59
1:36PM
0.52
2:03AM
0.61
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise----6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset------5:31-------5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616161515141415161615161515151615141314161715141413121318211714151616172018161413121214192017161616161717171615131111
Feels °C (?)151415161515131313161715151414131413121213131311121312101014171310111212131815141311101012151613141515161817161711963

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