Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
19.6° 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 11AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.4
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.5
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)713566611101098877712121181817161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)813977791191714138881411105160274873143
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
30
S
15
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
2.03
12:49AM
1.93
1:09PM
1.99
1:35AM
1.90
1:49PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.59
6:44PM
0.58
6:55AM
0.63
7:28PM
0.59
7:40AM
0.67
8:10PM
0.61
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:52-------5:54-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:35-------8:35-------8:34--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181924262728252421212732332925252421251917171717
Feels °C (?)171823252627232117172328302522212018231414151516
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