Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 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
20.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 11PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)--
Afternoon (07 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)778887777666125666991010131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46354231282727213162544231253838374087686887225297
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
0
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.69
11:30AM
1.67
11:52PM
1.66
12:18PM
1.63
12:40AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
0.27
5:20AM
0.33
5:47PM
0.34
6:09AM
0.39
6:33PM
0.40
6:58AM
0.44
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset-8:19-------8:17-------8:16------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C242422211919222321191818171819202119191818181920
Feels °C (?)232321201818222118181819181919202018202019181818
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