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Boat Harbour surf break

Boat Harbour surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Boat Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Boat Harbour sea temperature is
20.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boat Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Boat Harbour at 7AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

Table - waves today at Boat Harbour. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)666666677777888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69397252967818410081464247666766515455413638382328
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
1.34
5:01PM
1.28
5:32AM
1.36
5:48PM
1.29
6:19AM
1.39
6:35PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25PM
0.32
10:56AM
0.38
11:12PM
0.32
11:45AM
0.37
12:00AM
0.30
12:34PM
0.34
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---5:58-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset-------8:35-------8:34-------8:34
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-22331------11----------
Temp. °C222019191921242018171717171616171616161616161617
Feels °C (?)221917171718201815141514141110121111111010101012
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