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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 28 Dec 2025 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
18.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Dec)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (28 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
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 (?)
1.4
WSW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
1.2
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.2
SSE
0.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)12121111121212111111111111546614888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57940329724222423624617316416112311983617720931781762515394764701417
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
2.06
4:40PM
2.16
5:19AM
2.03
5:46PM
2.12
6:28AM
2.04
6:57PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.49
10:20AM
0.61
11:05PM
0.54
11:31AM
0.66
12:19AM
0.56
12:52PM
0.65
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:52----
Sunset-------8:51-------8:51-------8:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------28111-132-
Temp. °C151211121719191715131213191815141313131415151616
Feels °C (?)13109101616161413109914129656668101312
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