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Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 2PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
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
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
1.5
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)13131314141414666151515151514141414141313137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17218614916116612189188116135142152156112104102100995173686744205
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
2.40
11:36PM
2.34
11:54AM
2.40
12:09AM
2.31
12:27PM
2.36
12:44AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
0.27
5:28PM
0.31
5:41AM
0.29
6:01PM
0.33
6:14AM
0.33
6:35PM
0.38
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:52-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:22-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131319201917141312131719181613121212161918161312
Feels °C (?)11111716151412111011151615151312121115161513108
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