Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 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 7AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 22). 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
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.3
SSE
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111010999988661312111110998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1861701281157550422625147350313734693252561031199082597086
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
SE
15
E
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
SE
20
S
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offononcross-
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)
4:15AM
0.46
4:47PM
0.42
5:01AM
0.46
5:33PM
0.41
5:49AM
0.49
6:23PM
0.43
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---6:41-------6:43-------6:43----
Sunset-------7:59-------7:57-------7:55
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161414141920212018171615171818171615161620212118
Feels °C (?)131212121618181917141313151615161414141519191714
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