Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wainui Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Wainui Reef at 11AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
WNW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)13121211111414111313131312121212121312111312126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2731901348988636239928711984807673724467444130412450
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
2.50
10:57PM
2.48
11:10AM
2.57
11:30PM
2.54
11:43AM
2.58
12:01AM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
0.23
4:53PM
0.12
5:05AM
0.15
5:22PM
0.07
5:35AM
0.12
5:50PM
0.07
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:33-------7:35-------7:35-----
Sunset-----7:14-------7:13-------7:10--
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111113171615141211111418191614141414162020181615
Feels °C (?)77101312121210991316171513131313141817151413
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