Boat Harbour Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Boat Harbour surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 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 14.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boat Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Boat Harbour at 11AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (15 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	E	SE	ENE	SE	SE	SE	E	ESE	E	E	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	11	7	11	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	7	9	23	11	59	55	57	9	12	9	9	0	0	11	36	56	55
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	WSW	ESE	NE	NNE	N	W	W	NW	NW	NNE	ENE	SSW	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SE	E	NNE	NNE	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					1:31PM 1.55				1:59AM 1.41				2:29PM 1.49				2:58AM 1.37				3:25PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14AM 0.13				7:52PM 0.17				8:11AM 0.19				8:49PM 0.20				9:07AM 0.23				9:45PM 0.23

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	12	14	17	18	17	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	13
Feels °C (?)	6	7	10	9	8	8	10	12	9	8	10	15	16	11	1	4	4	5	7	9	6	5	6	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Boat Harbour (light winds from the W at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 2 km from Boat Harbour). 0.5m 8s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
1 hour 13 minutes ago Boat Harbour

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1 h 13 min ago

9 km/h

Clean

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