Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 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
19.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aurora Point today?

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 2PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
1.1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
NNE
0.6
NE
0.4
ESE
2.4
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)77774555978889991010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57575443404961202653911641010135119092111237926712931315532502880256023162133
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
NW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
1.53
4:52PM
1.44
5:24AM
1.54
5:50PM
1.44
6:20AM
1.55
6:45PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
0.18
11:05PM
0.14
11:43AM
0.17
12:02AM
0.13
12:39PM
0.15
12:57AM
0.13
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset-----7:50-------7:47-------7:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------2232122223211--
Temp. °C151516171818181714121213141313131313131415151415
Feels °C (?)12111213131417106333322221234446
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