Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.87° S 174.78° E

Wainui Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wainui Reef sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.7° 

Wainui Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 4PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
W
9
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.6
WNW
6
0.6
WNW
7
0.5
WNW
7
0.6
WNW
8
0.6
W
9
0.6
WNW
9
0.5
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
38
56
54
52
50
47
45
44
44
43
26
24
15
14
14
14
28
35
25
57
57
59
38
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
S
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SW
0
SSE
10
E
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
E
5
ENE
10
N
5
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
7:08PM2.06m
7:48AM2.02m
8:10PM2.16m
8:42AM2.16m
8:59PM2.27m
Low Tide
1:13PM0.71m
1:54AM0.54m
2:15PM0.58m
2:44AM0.42m
3:03PM0.45m
3:25AM0.31m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
18
20
18
16
15
14
14
14
19
20
19
18
17
18
18
18
19
23
23
21
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
17
18
16
15
15
13
13
13
19
19
18
19
16
17
17
17
18
21
21
21
17
17
17
17
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