Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 07 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
19.4° 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 3AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.3
SSE
0.6
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)999999910109191999915614141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1339694738482827254496969626154422438363534333029
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
SSW
10
E
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
1.97
9:37AM
1.99
10:04PM
1.96
10:18AM
1.94
10:45PM
1.92
11:00AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.47
3:55PM
0.47
4:13AM
0.51
4:35PM
0.50
4:55AM
0.57
5:17PM
0.56
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------7:39-------7:38-------7:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181614141718191817151414172021211716171518191817
Feels °C (?)161513131818161415131313161819201412151317161514
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