Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Wainui Beach
Gisborne, New Zealand
Wainui Beach is a surf break in Gisborne, New Zealand, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Wainui Beach is Mar & Jun, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Mar & Jun.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
Best time to visit
3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 3.4ft average swell at 6.9 s from the ESE.
Feb: 3.2ft average swell at 7.3 s from the ESE.
Mar: 3.9ft average swell at 7.8 s from the SE.
Apr: 3.2ft average swell at 7.7 s from the ESE.
May: 3.5ft average swell at 7.9 s from the ESE.
Jun: 4.5ft average swell at 8.3 s from the ESE.
Jul: 3.7ft average swell at 8 s from the SE.
Aug: 3.2ft average swell at 7.7 s from the ESE.
Sep: 2.7ft average swell at 7.9 s from the ESE.
Oct: 2.8ft average swell at 7.6 s from the SE.
Nov: 2.7ft average swell at 6.8 s from the ESE.
Dec: 2.9ft average swell at 6.9 s from the ESE.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -38.5°, 178.0°.
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