Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 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 3AM is: 2.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (15 Feb)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.8
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
ESE
4
SSW
4
SW
4
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
2.1
SW
1.3
ESE
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SE
1
SSW
1.1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)86788910111211111010101099109913101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2192375091082183830004335262019463233386528571155725574412664370268227220201309263
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SW
55
SW
55
WSW
45
WNW
40
NNW
55
W
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
25
W
15
W
25
W
15
W
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NW
10
WNW
5
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
1.52
4:59PM
1.41
5:28AM
1.52
5:48PM
1.42
6:16AM
1.55
6:39PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25PM
0.44
10:57AM
0.43
11:14PM
0.39
11:44AM
0.37
12:02AM
0.33
12:33PM
0.31
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:09-------8:07-------8:07
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
564101231232185411---------
Temp. °C181817171614131312151515162019201716161519222321
Feels °C (?)1615111084254667101617161414141315202219
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