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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
18.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 3AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)777766776778777778777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2332081791276451597298230315699585467467389507616431333232237247261
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
2.35
2:21PM
2.45
2:44AM
2.23
3:03PM
2.29
3:28AM
2.10
3:47PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
0.21
8:03AM
0.29
8:33PM
0.32
8:42AM
0.43
9:12PM
0.46
9:24AM
0.58
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:52-------8:52-------8:52
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161614161921211916161717202220191717161620222321
Feels °C (?)131411141819191714121214161816171514131317181918
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