Surf Forecast Surf Report

Wainui Reef surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 29 Apr 2025 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
17.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 7PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Apr)--
Afternoon (29 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (29 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wed
07
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
2.2
S
3
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
4
S
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
1.7
S
1.2
S
0.8
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414131367888999101010999101099888887761212121212910101515141414141414141313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)7373734646449121139862412271302130227373920520339191945185525103564363825281898154114399736925933201305656575655461617475454545351494846465047466968688587878788
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SSE
50
S
45
SSW
40
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
S
10
S
10
S
0
SE
0
SE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
SW
0
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassononglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
2.74
11:33AM
2.65
11:56PM
2.65
12:19PM
2.49
12:42AM
2.49
1:07PM
2.28
1:32AM
2.30
2:01PM
2.07
2:30AM
2.11
3:04PM
1.89
3:38AM
1.96
4:21PM
1.79
4:56AM
1.89
5:41PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
-0.00
5:42PM
0.06
6:07AM
0.13
6:23PM
0.23
6:53AM
0.32
7:08PM
0.44
7:44AM
0.53
8:01PM
0.64
8:50AM
0.72
9:12PM
0.81
10:19AM
0.82
10:48PM
0.88
11:48AM
0.80
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wed
07
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset5:32-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-------5:24-------5:23---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221816161516171617171717161313121211111112121212121212121210111313121211111111141514131312121316161413131212131718151414
Feels °C (?)20171515131414121315161512454855344455577881010109991099121313131312111215151412111010111516161313
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