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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 16 Mar 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
18.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 2AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)78888816161514141414561313135551099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)278358323268203133836256543332322039171716362921255086
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
20
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
2.14
10:03AM
2.34
10:24PM
2.34
10:38AM
2.53
10:59PM
2.51
11:13AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
0.40
4:22PM
0.24
4:34AM
0.20
4:56PM
0.05
5:09AM
0.05
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-
Sunset-7:39-------7:37-------7:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181614121213162120171514131316201917151414131518
Feels °C (?)14121110911152119161413111115181716151414121316
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