Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 4AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
1
S
1.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)99101313141415151514141413127777101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63539230769070382691110459701091107688664940227622015089109322135714401216863
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
15
N
10
NW
15
NNW
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
SE
15
E
15
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
0
ESE
45
S
40
SSW
40
SW
35
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrossoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:45PM
2.73
11:03AM
2.74
11:26PM
2.72
11:46AM
2.65
12:09AM
2.63
12:31PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
-0.04
5:15PM
-0.05
5:36AM
0.01
5:55PM
0.06
6:18AM
0.14
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:45-------5:45-------5:43-
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1776---233---94-----32875
Temp. °C151414131518161313121111111314141312121212111112
Feels °C (?)1312131113171412121110888101011111244347
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