Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 Mar 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
18.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 2PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.5
WNW
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12111111111010109910107714131312121114141411
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1152463423233192541593995258009205402541612362222731939989636210742
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
15
SSE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
2.22
9:41PM
2.21
9:58AM
2.38
10:21PM
2.37
10:36AM
2.50
10:57PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
0.53
3:44PM
0.37
3:58AM
0.36
4:21PM
0.22
4:33AM
0.23
4:53PM
0.12
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:31-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:15-------7:14--
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-11-------------------
Temp. °C161617201918171716151618131212111111121616141312
Feels °C (?)15161820181716131313151676667791312121110
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