Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aurora Point today?

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 6PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSE
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)131313131313131212121212121217161615141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18931491117410379579578388128207157157036925315437227151136874663551406328250
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
1.41
6:48AM
1.47
7:15PM
1.43
7:35AM
1.46
8:01PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.18
12:37AM
0.20
1:06PM
0.17
1:27AM
0.20
1:52PM
0.16
2:15AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:22-------7:22-------
Sunset---7:01-------7:00------6:59-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515141414131313141515141413131415161616151515
Feels °C (?)10101010111110111113131210111010111110911111213
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