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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 14 Feb 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 1PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (14 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
1.1
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.7
S
1.9
S
2.2
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
2.5
S
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
1.9
S
1.3
S
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)1218676916667899910101111779998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)662559921121692213024691149199624382640196622903184146610598461312549263196
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
45
S
45
S
15
S
20
NW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
1.92
9:36PM
1.95
9:59AM
2.11
10:17PM
2.13
10:36AM
2.31
10:53PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.79
3:33PM
0.72
3:49AM
0.60
4:15PM
0.51
4:28AM
0.41
4:51PM
0.32
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise-6:43-------6:46-------6:47------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:22-------8:22--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
-------------62139421----
Temp. °C181717181817161615141516141313131314151617181514
Feels °C (?)1818181816151412987751110788111314161312
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