Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 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 4PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.6
WNW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
S
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)715151616167151515151515151515151515715151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128109115196245245236232291287287226226229232226226226226150148148146144
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
SW
20
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
2.53
1:34AM
2.44
1:47PM
2.39
2:05AM
2.30
2:19PM
2.22
2:37AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
0.14
7:19PM
0.16
7:31AM
0.26
7:47PM
0.30
8:01AM
0.41
8:17PM
0.47
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset---7:53-------7:52-------7:51----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162020181515151418191918151312121718171614131313
Feels °C (?)141817161414131216161514121099151714129788
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