Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 1PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.8
W
1.6
WSW
3
S
Period(s) (?)141313136661313131313141414131313131312677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)928869686862666580416485939796886766644024269269842
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SSW
0
S
10
SSW
15
S
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
E
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
S
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.91
7:50PM
1.88
8:30AM
2.04
9:06PM
2.04
9:33AM
2.25
10:01PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
0.78
2:32AM
0.72
3:13PM
0.58
3:33AM
0.52
4:04PM
0.37
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:58--------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----8:06-------8:05-------8:02--
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161516181816141313141417201716161414171918171410
Feels °C (?)1715171717129891010151815151613121415141384
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