Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 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
13.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 8PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jul)--
Afternoon (01 Jul)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (01 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wed
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
W
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.5
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141414131313131313131212121217161216161513121212111111111111101099889988888566614141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)22820614926020320519919117616616310310310410711912722025821616917195109991752653854194003042992393334052972241781301269410812312694806963717360483467989395857869
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
N
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
25
S
25
SSE
15
SE
5
E
5
E
5
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcrossglassglassononcrosscrossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
2.18
2:56PM
2.00
3:15AM
2.05
3:46PM
1.92
4:06AM
1.95
4:42PM
1.86
5:03AM
1.87
5:43PM
1.84
6:06AM
1.85
6:46PM
1.88
7:09AM
1.89
7:45PM
1.96
8:06AM
1.97
8:35PM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
0.54
8:40AM
0.56
8:53PM
0.66
9:28AM
0.65
9:46PM
0.77
10:24AM
0.73
10:50PM
0.84
11:28AM
0.77
12:00AM
0.85
12:33PM
0.76
1:06AM
0.81
1:32PM
0.70
2:03AM
0.72
2:24PM
0.62
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wed
09
Sunrise------7:43-------7:43-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset5:06-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131211109991113121111131314161514151514161618181716161514141515141311111010101110988771012111111108911131088
Feels °C (?)1210976668101089109111312121415131413151413131412121111121396889998756447888874669645
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