Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
0.5
W
0.2
WSW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)9815666614141266101099998888124
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175342214113911295645657665358555028272614131371549
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
5
SSE
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
1.87
2:39AM
1.86
3:12PM
1.73
3:55AM
1.76
4:42PM
1.68
5:26AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.81
8:49AM
0.90
9:22PM
0.94
10:33AM
0.96
11:16PM
0.95
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-6:00------5:59-------5:58-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C201716141413141818161413131314212320181717172020
Feels °C (?)181615121312141616151111111112202220171616161817
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