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Wainuiomata Reefs surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Wainuiomata Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainuiomata Reefs sea temperature is
15.6° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainuiomata Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Wainuiomata Reefs at 5PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Wainuiomata Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)714131312111010101010101010101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26230450640233923520615824221221225412117713813610478785655373417
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
35
N
40
N
35
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
0.93
8:16PM
0.80
8:53AM
0.92
9:22PM
0.82
9:53AM
0.91
10:21PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.11
2:58AM
0.08
3:40PM
0.08
3:53AM
0.07
4:28PM
0.07
4:44AM
0.07
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:31-------6:33
Sunset---8:37-------8:37-------8:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141515151413121215181918161516161820212018171615
Feels °C (?)911111213111091317151412910101415171716161615
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