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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 23 Jan 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 4PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
4
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.6
W
0.4
SW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.4
SW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
W
2.4
W
3
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)661666167910111313131212128891010998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)276196671551356170810489191439265838064279314428052143985151225452992240717591256368
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
S
5
SSW
20
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		onglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
2.56
2:11AM
2.39
2:29PM
2.48
2:53AM
2.30
3:13PM
2.36
3:41AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
0.18
8:02PM
0.16
8:12AM
0.25
8:40PM
0.24
8:53AM
0.36
9:23PM
0.37
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:20-------6:20
Sunset---8:45-------8:45-------8:44----
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--21121261-2--1111---111
Temp. °C202019181615131313141615151515151617171615151514
Feels °C (?)1617151514117881412910101010111110109111211
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