Diners Beach surf break

Diners Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST
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Diners Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Diners Beach sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Diners Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Diners Beach at 5AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

Table - waves today at Diners Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
SE
1
N
1
N
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.1
NE
0.1
E
2.5
S
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)8101010101010101414104410131010141414101588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50536752525352416033253540101453527010313244796753
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
S
40
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
1.44
1:47PM
1.51
2:14AM
1.40
2:46PM
1.48
3:12AM
1.38
3:42PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
0.17
7:29AM
0.16
8:06PM
0.21
8:26AM
0.19
9:04PM
0.22
9:23AM
0.21
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:05-------6:03-------6:03---
Sunset------5:59--------6:00-------6:00
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------36--
Temp. °C151515151619191815141515161818171513121210101010
Feels °C (?)11121211131513128788912141296442111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-shore wind 4 km from Diners Beach has fallen light (light winds from the NE at Mahia Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Diners Beach. 0.5m 10s swell from the SE with a 0.1m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Diners Beach
  2. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the NE at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 15 km from Blacks Reef). Surf should be turning clean at Blacks Reef. 1.1m 13s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Blacks Reef
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Actual: 55 min ago

9 km/h
NE
Clean
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