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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 12 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
17.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 10AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WNW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
1.1
SSW
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)121010101013121212121112151515131312677779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148887141214141412555617171595376269262152173
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
SSW
20
S
20
E
15
SE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncrossoncross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
1.79
4:41PM
1.69
5:33AM
1.68
6:26PM
1.63
7:22AM
1.72
8:05PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
0.96
10:56PM
1.00
12:16PM
1.04
1:10AM
1.00
2:05PM
0.92
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise--7:13-------7:15-------7:16-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:45-------7:43--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------2----2210----1--
Temp. °C111116202117151618182224252219191715151615141413
Feels °C (?)9915191916141517192224252321211613121313121312
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