Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Blacks Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blacks Reef sea temperature is
19.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 3AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)13ft (4.0m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Blacks Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SE
2
SSE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)10101010101111111111101010121211111010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3607338032613380356536303588289422871826137991870314221111850712520469421307242242186
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
ononononcrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
1.61
7:00AM
1.72
7:29PM
1.63
7:49AM
1.71
8:19PM
1.67
8:37AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.15
1:21PM
0.19
1:36AM
0.18
2:09PM
0.22
2:24AM
0.23
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:54-------6:56--
Sunset-7:47-------7:45-------7:45------
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
211221------------------
Temp. °C131313131314131416161413121215181817151514141820
Feels °C (?)5445687912131312111115161514121414131819
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