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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 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
17.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 11PM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)16ft (5.0m)10s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
3
S
5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1281010101010109999999788888765
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27111194431330133523147347831032423267026701960156110889295699208296654082801598130
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
30
S
50
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
onononononononononononononononononononcross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
2.63
12:31PM
2.49
12:55AM
2.48
1:21PM
2.29
1:48AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55PM
0.06
6:18AM
0.14
6:37PM
0.23
7:05AM
0.33
7:24PM
0.44
8:02AM
0.53
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset5:45-------5:43-------5:42-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
24321354434311--11------
Temp. °C131211101010101010101010111112121111109991012
Feels °C (?)13612122212223444444556810
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