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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm 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 9PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm 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
Sunday
15
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)10101013121212121112151515131312667769910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)887141214141412555817171588127186175119202248276
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
S
10
SSE
20
SE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
2:30AM
0.83
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise--------7:15-------7:16-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:45-------7:43----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11115---------
Temp. °C162021171516181922232521201918151616171615151311
Feels °C (?)151919161415171922242523222017151616141512131210
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