Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 9AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.7
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010108788888888811111010101010107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8248353360367593509460493459434346244211191191180191155187146116125
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
10
W
15
SW
30
SW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.51
8:26AM
1.63
8:50PM
1.50
9:16AM
1.60
9:41PM
1.48
10:05AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.06
2:47PM
0.08
3:03AM
0.07
3:38PM
0.08
3:54AM
0.10
4:26PM
0.11
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset-------8:21-------8:20-------8:19
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C211918171717171717171616171717171616161516181919
Feels °C (?)201817151312121113131313141415151414141314171717
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