Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 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 1AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
E
1.5
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1010131212111211101010111010109109996666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98981341182051893445842391581541371321227970595959572231175246
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
0
SE
5
ENE
15
NNE
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassoffcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
1.49
7:53AM
1.63
8:19PM
1.56
8:41AM
1.67
9:06PM
1.62
9:28AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.26
1:35AM
0.22
2:10PM
0.22
2:22AM
0.19
2:57PM
0.19
3:11AM
0.19
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset-8:06-------8:04-------8:02------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171615192223222120201720232322191816151718
Feels °C (?)191918161412162222211916171518222221181412131617
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