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Blacks Reef surf break

Blacks Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)101012121111101816151412121111131211111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18182928139957188381411453872553457724547418279223206196192153
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
W
25
W
15
WSW
20
S
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
1.60
1:43PM
1.58
2:14AM
1.58
2:32PM
1.55
3:05AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
0.33
7:35AM
0.41
7:58PM
0.40
8:27AM
0.46
8:45PM
0.46
9:17AM
0.50
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:56-------5:58--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:36------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C333026242321241819181616161719202121202019192122
Feels °C (?)292722201817221517161414141516161617192018182120
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