Aurora Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 27 Nov 2025 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
17.5° 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 1AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (28 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (28 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
3
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
NE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.9
NE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111110101010101010101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8469521455604564483388678373356301282235235235230176176216216169165165216
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
30
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NW
10
N
10
NE
15
NNE
5
E
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
N
10
ESE
20
NNE
20
ENE
10
E
5
NW
10
WNW
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossoncross-
on
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
1.27
12:15PM
1.40
12:40AM
1.28
1:02PM
1.41
1:31AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.29
6:41PM
0.28
6:50AM
0.28
7:28PM
0.25
7:41AM
0.27
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:37-------5:35--
Sunset-8:13-------8:14-------8:15------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181821211920222121212019181718191919191817171820
Feels °C (?)131420201819212220222019171619181617191817161617
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