Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
19.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Whales at 8PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.3
SSE
0.5
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
SSE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)999155141413131312121267788777676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62617342153936353433312929115263306346383111127116104107104
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
1.94
10:45PM
1.92
11:00AM
1.89
11:27PM
1.87
11:43AM
1.83
12:10AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35PM
0.50
4:55AM
0.57
5:17PM
0.56
5:38AM
0.62
6:02PM
0.62
6:22AM
0.68
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:58--------
Sunset---7:38-------7:37-------7:36----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1221--------
Temp. °C172021211716161518181818171716161616161615151516
Feels °C (?)161818191412141418161616151412121212121312121213
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