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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 3PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
0.5
S
0.7
WSW
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.4
WNW
1
W
0.8
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WSW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
WNW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111111110776669999101077771515715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3453896375811017324017076494241464149191736252621211721
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
W
25
W
20
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NW
5
S
0
NE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.78
7:29AM
1.80
7:57PM
1.80
8:37AM
1.88
9:02PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.93
1:12AM
0.86
1:54PM
0.90
2:24AM
0.80
2:59PM
0.80
3:20AM
0.69
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:09
Sunset---8:51-------8:50-------8:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------121--41014523211
Temp. °C192119171514131316191816161716161617191817161617
Feels °C (?)161714131312101115181817161716171617201919161618
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