Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
19.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aurora Point today?

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 10AM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)13ft (4.0m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSE
4
SSE
4.5
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SE
1.8
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)101112111111101012121111111010101099910999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)329736495047382927901733124499998615271164988831653455471370293287237205168168168
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSW
45
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
1.55
7:37PM
1.46
8:02AM
1.54
8:27PM
1.47
8:49AM
1.52
9:15PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
0.13
1:50AM
0.13
2:21PM
0.12
2:40AM
0.14
3:08PM
0.12
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset-----7:45-------7:44-------7:43--
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C141514141616151514141415161717161616161819191918
Feels °C (?)46671011121312141312121213141514141616161717
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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