Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 06 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
17.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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 12AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (07 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.5
WNW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)66777611131312129101010101011121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1882262862401681558884797475101161204208302374596617596504410345319
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NW
20
W
20
W
10
W
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
2.57
12:21PM
2.67
12:46AM
2.49
1:09PM
2.59
1:34AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
0.10
6:38PM
0.11
6:53AM
0.18
7:25PM
0.21
7:38AM
0.30
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise-----5:45-------5:45-------5:45--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:38------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201917161415202221201715151622232220171615162122
Feels °C (?)171614131214181918181613131420202019181714162020
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