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Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 17 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 4AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1.6
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)109991312121212111111111010101312121211121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69843234429521631930926325419816516215912298981341182051581476801045853
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
5
SW
10
ESE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
5
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SSE
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrossoffcross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
1.55
6:39PM
1.44
7:05AM
1.58
7:29PM
1.49
7:53AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.33
12:33PM
0.31
12:49AM
0.27
1:22PM
0.26
1:35AM
0.22
2:10PM
0.22
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:07-------8:06-------8:04
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616152022222218171717181919191818171619202220
Feels °C (?)141515131722212117161717181817181615141519202018
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