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Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 10AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)88811111110101010101010101010109777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2952572421942272272622572141682069413013096946864544646342525
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
0
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
S
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
1.80
9:34PM
1.70
9:53AM
1.76
10:21PM
1.70
10:41AM
1.71
11:06PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.14
3:26PM
0.17
3:40AM
0.20
4:13PM
0.21
4:30AM
0.27
5:00PM
0.27
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:22-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:20-------8:19--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151617181817151414151921222018181818202323242322
Feels °C (?)131415161615141213142021211917181818202322232220
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