Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 7AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)77889999101010131313141515151414141388
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)247245216329371560560493486453320679764750966105910881045899767624408265377
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
W
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
20
ESE
5
NE
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
2.67
10:22AM
2.74
10:45PM
2.73
11:03AM
2.74
11:26PM
2.72
11:46AM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
-0.02
4:37PM
-0.10
4:56AM
-0.04
5:15PM
-0.05
5:36AM
0.01
5:55PM
0.06
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset------5:47-------5:45-------5:45-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----155471222--233--131724
Temp. °C151616171817171715151313151615141313131314151715
Feels °C (?)1112111214141312131213121314131212121188121715
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