Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 11 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 1AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.6
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
WNW
1.6
W
2
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.1
WNW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
1.2
WSW
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)9988834456678877777131214149
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272614131362233691662516811245829243366181187121145224214577441
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
S
30
SSW
30
W
40
WNW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
1.68
5:26AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
0.95
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset5:58-------5:55-------5:54-------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----34719234---1585---111
Temp. °C232017171617181919181717171618181716141414141515
Feels °C (?)222015151515171818151411121416161514121111111211
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