Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 10 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 9PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)--
Afternoon (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)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
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.7
W
0.9
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.7
SE
1
SE
1
SSE
1.6
SSE
2.2
SSW
2.4
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)14761210109999888445567898711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5457555358554928272614131312354412340254514711399765334133
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SSW
0
ENE
5
E
15
E
15
E
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
S
30
SSW
25
WNW
40
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
1.73
3:55AM
1.76
4:42PM
1.68
5:26AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.94
10:33AM
0.96
11:16PM
0.95
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-
Sunset5:59-------5:58-------5:55-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------11112271-----
Temp. °C181615131312142123201717171719191918171817161920
Feels °C (?)151512101110122022211716161618171715141213131617
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