Wainui Beach - Whales surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 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
18.7° 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 10AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111018171716161666151414131313131615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33127525421016713012516314220013212912475292856118712671002812587476881752
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
20
NW
10
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
S
30
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
1.85
5:13PM
1.79
5:37AM
1.90
6:06PM
1.86
6:26AM
1.94
6:50PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.65
11:17PM
0.59
11:49AM
0.59
12:09AM
0.53
12:38PM
0.53
12:54AM
0.49
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:18-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:05-------7:02-------7:00--
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
12-----------231--------
Temp. °C191719232522201817161817171514141414141414141414
Feels °C (?)19151821242020191716171214109101111111111111212
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