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Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Aurora Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Aurora Point sea temperature is
20.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aurora Point today?

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 3PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

Table - waves today at Aurora Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.4
NE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.4
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010699999966661313131313131313128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1311289813588886565454414365727279788284121123121797564
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
S
15
NNE
15
N
20
NE
10
NW
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
20
NE
20
ENE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassonononcrossoncross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25PM
1.29
3:57AM
1.32
4:13PM
1.28
4:45AM
1.34
5:01PM
1.28
5:32AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.37
9:38PM
0.32
10:06AM
0.38
10:25PM
0.32
10:56AM
0.38
11:12PM
0.32
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---8:35-------8:35-------8:35----
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------21--12-1-----1
Temp. °C212223262119191921222121211919192021222119181717
Feels °C (?)191920242019211820202120201719181920211817151413
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