Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 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
17.8° 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 2AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)171616161414141413131313131212121212121716161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75981221198180514745444342161514141514143026645954
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
0
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
N
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrossglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
2.47
2:30PM
2.35
2:56AM
2.28
3:24PM
2.11
3:56AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.17
8:11AM
0.29
8:32PM
0.39
9:00AM
0.52
9:24PM
0.63
10:10AM
0.74
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-
Sunset-7:29-------7:27-------7:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------54
Temp. °C222017171616182019171616161617202018181716151415
Feels °C (?)191817151415182019171717171617201917181615141213
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