Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Wainui Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainui Reef sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 5AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.4
SW
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
W
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1016891099913131312121114141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1596563992992052824816229539527314413288626262489389121858276
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
ESE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
2.21
9:58AM
2.38
10:21PM
2.37
10:36AM
2.50
10:57PM
2.48
11:10AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
0.36
4:21PM
0.22
4:33AM
0.23
4:53PM
0.12
5:05AM
0.15
5:22PM
0.07
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise----7:33-------7:33-------7:35---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:14-------7:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C17161615161814131211109111515141311101013181815
Feels °C (?)15121212151697655571111121198812151413
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