Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 07 Dec 2025 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
17.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 4AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (07 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1010131313131312111010101010109999911141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137123125229269269215147957471706868454341402525234164132
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
ESE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
N
10
NW
5
NW
15
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
SSE
15
E
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.86
8:03AM
2.01
8:36PM
1.85
9:00AM
2.00
9:33PM
1.82
9:56AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.15
2:26PM
0.13
2:44AM
0.12
3:24PM
0.11
3:39AM
0.11
4:20PM
0.11
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise---5:35-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:23-------8:24
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019202325242521192021272727262118171922232121
Feels °C (?)181817182223212319191820262423241917161922211717
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