Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than 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 2PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.1
S
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212121211111110101010111099676988711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16127438938332224822718114113311588645837591312479436377840128
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
0
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
1.99
8:43PM
1.94
9:06AM
2.04
9:26PM
1.99
9:46AM
2.07
10:09PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
0.56
2:44PM
0.58
2:48AM
0.51
3:24PM
0.51
3:31AM
0.47
4:04PM
0.45
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:02-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161519222322212020192123232118181615181819181615
Feels °C (?)131215222122191717161921212117141112161616131313
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