Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
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
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.6
W
1.5
W
2.2
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)13131414141313131313126777788988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6411693979688676664402419420243452034375615781793134214221342858415
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
5
SSE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
SW
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
30
SSE
40
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
2.04
9:06PM
2.04
9:33AM
2.25
10:01PM
2.23
10:21AM
2.44
10:44PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
0.58
3:33AM
0.52
4:04PM
0.37
4:19AM
0.33
4:45PM
0.20
4:57AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---8:05-------8:02-------8:01----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------111--------
Temp. °C1518191716141415171919171511991312141313121213
Feels °C (?)1114161516131213141515131464563655567
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