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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 21 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
19.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 8PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (21 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
SE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)44141413131312221220202077776677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21201734323029274511393737442413384321196329339407574838728
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
NNW
10
WSW
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
2.56
12:56AM
2.44
1:13PM
2.58
1:32AM
2.43
1:49PM
2.56
2:11AM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
0.13
7:02AM
0.15
7:27PM
0.12
7:36AM
0.18
8:02PM
0.16
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:18-------6:18
Sunset---8:46-------8:46-------8:45----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-23343521---------1--122
Temp. °C161617161616171717181819181818172021201916151414
Feels °C (?)1414161414141717191916151414151417161514131099
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