Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 05 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 3PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
1.1
S
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.8
E
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1114146131615141414131313131312121212412111214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46497184821621421029993704544432615151414212711521
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
SE
15
S
5
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
2.46
12:02AM
2.43
12:16PM
2.34
12:33AM
2.31
12:48PM
2.20
1:07AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.20
6:02AM
0.29
6:15PM
0.33
6:34AM
0.42
6:47PM
0.48
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:04----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------11-12
Temp. °C161918181514141315212020171515151617191919191816
Feels °C (?)141715161312131213191719141313121417161616171717
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