Wainui Beach - Whales Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.67° S 178.10° E)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 13.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Wainui Beach - Whales at 11PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	50	51	49	49	38	22	27	27	20	20	20	21	54	51	231	680	850	870	856	932	411	325	272	241
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 1.84				2:10AM 1.72				2:48PM 1.81					3:37AM 1.72				4:10PM 1.82				4:45AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 0.72				8:27AM 0.65					9:15PM 0.72				9:43AM 0.65				10:25PM 0.69				10:49AM 0.60

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	15	14	15	15	16	17	18	16	15	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	10
Feels °C (?)	15	12	10	9	10	10	10	12	15	12	13	7	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update Cross-off wind 11 km from Wainui Beach - Whales has swung offshore (moderate winds from the NW at Gisborne Airport). 0.7m 10s swell from the S with a 0.4m 10s swell from the SSE and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 3 minutes ago Wainui Beach - Whales
Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Wainui Beach - Stockroute (moderate winds from the NW at Gisborne Airport 9 km from Wainui Beach - Stockroute). 0.7m 10s swell from the S with a 0.4m 10s swell from the SSE and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 3 minutes ago Wainui Beach - Stockroute

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