Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 3AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (19 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (19 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
2
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
1.6
W
2
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.7
W
1.4
WSW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)1918186777777888778899999913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3631491933524533312703776448277876365685548271198822616442304220177663
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
NW
10
SW
15
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
2.54
12:15PM
2.70
12:34AM
2.60
12:50PM
2.73
1:10AM
2.60
1:26PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
0.03
6:30PM
-0.04
6:41AM
0.00
7:03PM
-0.04
7:14AM
0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:17-------8:15-------8:15
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171415161820211918161616182020171615131216191816
Feels °C (?)151112131315161514111111131515121113121115171512
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