Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 18 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
17.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 7PM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)8999991013131414141515141414131377777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4093733815725514793125997038268991031104510459437786244082351882181669967
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
35
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
5
E
15
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
30
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
2.74
10:45PM
2.73
11:03AM
2.74
11:26PM
2.72
11:46AM
2.65
12:09AM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
-0.10
4:56AM
-0.04
5:15PM
-0.05
5:36AM
0.01
5:55PM
0.06
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:47-------5:45-------5:45-----
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-2175681-125----81--21-1
Temp. °C181817171515141415181513121211121214141312121112
Feels °C (?)14121214141413131416131111118789101010736
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