Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 11AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
E
1.5
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)121112111010111110109999996666871111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20518934458423915813713713288817057575756247113504711486154275
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
W
5
S
5
E
15
NNE
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SE
10
NNE
5
WNW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscrossoffglassononononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.63
8:19PM
1.56
8:41AM
1.67
9:06PM
1.62
9:28AM
1.71
9:52PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.22
2:10PM
0.22
2:22AM
0.19
2:57PM
0.19
3:11AM
0.19
3:44PM
0.18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:04-------8:02-------8:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161519222322212020182023232219181615171818181717
Feels °C (?)141216222221181617161722222119131213151714131315
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