Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 Feb 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (20 Feb)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (20 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
2.4
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.8
WSW
1.9
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)8888789999988137887778898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9598086535836031163137385850534725120519622230960053550743753911341186959645
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
2.73
1:10AM
2.60
1:26PM
2.69
1:47AM
2.54
2:04PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
0.00
7:03PM
-0.04
7:14AM
0.04
7:37PM
0.03
7:50AM
0.13
8:12PM
0.16
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:50-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:13--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161618201917161413111518171615141313171719171613
Feels °C (?)1111131513111212121012141312111098121213121211
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