Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 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
17.4° 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: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
2.1
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)999998898888866667171616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)231921892027152612219621281125411979196164433263461841356270282564393420
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
2.48
1:21PM
2.29
1:48AM
2.29
2:19PM
2.07
2:52AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.23
7:05AM
0.33
7:24PM
0.44
8:02AM
0.53
8:23PM
0.65
9:19AM
0.71
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-
Sunset5:43-------5:42-------5:39-------
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
563311-11----131--------
Temp. °C101010101111101111111099109121312101088912
Feels °C (?)222354243455555910107855710
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