Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 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
19.7° 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 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
S
1.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)68871010134688889991010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)274444394746893736790412951190172924732656297531683258345934902931266624412269
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
5
NW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
onononcross-
on
ononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
1.74
4:47PM
1.61
5:13AM
1.74
5:42PM
1.60
6:08AM
1.73
6:37PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
0.18
11:00PM
0.16
11:34AM
0.17
11:55PM
0.14
12:29PM
0.18
12:46AM
0.15
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:50-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset-----7:51-------7:49-------7:47--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------12242233333211-1
Temp. °C141317201918181613121112131212121211121315151414
Feels °C (?)12111618161518116554434332456678
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