Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 11AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SSW
0.7
SW
0.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
4.5
S
Period(s) (?)1111101010109999888885410101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11117877666665555913345208001338170418475138
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
NE
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ENE
25
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
1.79
7:13PM
1.88
7:41AM
1.81
8:06PM
1.93
8:37AM
1.81
8:59PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.17
1:00PM
0.16
1:29AM
0.15
1:52PM
0.14
2:26AM
0.13
2:46PM
0.13
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset----5:35-------5:34-------5:31---
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
41113-------11127243-1---1
Temp. °C171716192118171515151716161415141313151414131212
Feels °C (?)141417191916161314141616151315149111391111910
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