Surf Forecast Surf Report

Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 01 May 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2AM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (02 May)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (02 May)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
1
S
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)128898878887766121212111010109161591414141414141313131313131314151514141818171616161616161515151817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)167311281817228114939636579321141830628341167608281787183105105927866405453527877734645999866666777113142102978885142264271274261258164148142142102291458496441
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
35
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
2.49
1:07PM
2.28
1:32AM
2.30
2:01PM
2.07
2:30AM
2.11
3:04PM
1.89
3:38AM
1.96
4:21PM
1.79
4:56AM
1.89
5:41PM
1.79
6:09AM
1.92
6:49PM
1.88
7:08AM
2.01
7:40PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
0.23
6:53AM
0.32
7:08PM
0.44
7:44AM
0.53
8:01PM
0.64
8:50AM
0.72
9:12PM
0.81
10:19AM
0.82
10:48PM
0.88
11:48AM
0.80
12:12AM
0.83
12:52PM
0.70
1:10AM
0.73
1:38PM
0.58
1:54AM
0.62
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-------7:11-------
Sunset------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121111111112111112121213131414131212111111151514121110101013131211101010111516141414141314161715141414141620201918191515
Feels °C (?)7433454355681011111110101010912121298788111111987791313101111111010121413121212121418181614151014
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