Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 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
14.7° 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 4PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (14 Oct)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (14 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
ENE
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1211111010667777777777777111177
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272221191022518217917115112811191865954423426272929227186
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NE
25
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SE
15
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
5
E
35
S
25
S
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
1.60
1:00AM
1.47
1:31PM
1.55
1:59AM
1.41
2:29PM
1.49
2:58AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54PM
0.12
7:14AM
0.13
7:52PM
0.17
8:11AM
0.19
8:49PM
0.20
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:20-------6:20
Sunset---7:23-------7:24-------7:25----
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1413959------------------
Temp. °C171513131211111112121213131312121417161713121211
Feels °C (?)161591064571098891089101412167687
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Aurora Point (light winds from the S at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 3 km from Aurora Point). 0.7m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.3m 8s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 43 min ago

6 km/h
S
Clean
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