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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 24 Nov 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 12PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (24 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
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)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.9
WSW
0.7
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.8
ESE
0.5
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WNW
0.1
SW
0.3
WNW
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)7777712124512121212121210131113813899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18618912482452423231414141414252419161117771357106
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
N
5
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
S
10
S
5
SW
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
2.30
1:21AM
2.17
1:42PM
2.23
2:02AM
2.08
2:26PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
0.39
7:12PM
0.44
7:24AM
0.46
7:52PM
0.52
8:05AM
0.55
8:38PM
0.60
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
Sunrise-5:50-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:24-------8:27--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141317191819151413141921202018181818222524231919
Feels °C (?)111116161516111110121820182018171616202120211717
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