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Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
20.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aurora Point today?

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 1PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (08 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (08 Feb)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
E
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)8888814148666661012121313131414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5855414141363330386068515352100141153167225293297293315272
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
10
W
20
SSE
30
SSE
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
1.45
12:06AM
1.39
12:24PM
1.39
12:52AM
1.36
1:10PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.20
5:57PM
0.19
6:17AM
0.26
6:41PM
0.24
7:04AM
0.31
7:26PM
0.29
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:16-------8:15-------8:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212021212019191818181919201919191919191920201919
Feels °C (?)201821191517181717171818191717181818161616161517
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