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Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 18 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aurora Point today?

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 3PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)1010101013121211121010101010101099999996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97929211412920628926560732727922827723322318313213410610910610476109
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
10
E
15
NNE
15
N
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
NE
10
NE
20
NNE
10
SSW
40
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		crossoncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		onoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
1.45
7:36PM
1.37
8:01AM
1.49
8:23PM
1.41
8:46AM
1.52
9:10PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
0.24
1:48AM
0.19
2:21PM
0.19
2:35AM
0.16
3:07PM
0.14
3:23AM
0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:39-------6:41
Sunset---8:05-------8:04-------8:01----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919191919181719202121212120181920212121171617
Feels °C (?)171717181818161415191819181615151719191820101114
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