Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 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 1.4°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: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SE
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
ESE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1010107101071010777778888771214145
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2142082061071301301049468685447463542292828272131413935
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
NE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
10
S
10
E
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
1.76
10:21PM
1.70
10:41AM
1.71
11:06PM
1.69
11:30AM
1.67
11:52PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
0.20
4:13PM
0.21
4:30AM
0.27
5:00PM
0.27
5:20AM
0.33
5:47PM
0.34
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:19-------8:17--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141418212120181817172022232422222019232422201717
Feels °C (?)131318211918171817172022222321211918232320191617
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