Diners Beach surf break

Diners Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Diners Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Diners Beach at 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
NE
1.1
E
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101212121012101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21720216916916012210477138255247298339432314223173169163159100989686
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
5
W
10
SW
15
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
5
ESE
10
N
15
N
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
5
E
15
NE
20
NNE
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
5
W
10
NE
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoncross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
1.45
7:36PM
1.37
8:01AM
1.49
8:23PM
1.41
8:46AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.23
1:35PM
0.24
1:48AM
0.19
2:21PM
0.19
2:35AM
0.16
3:07PM
0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:04-------8:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181819191919191817192021212121191718192120
Feels °C (?)181818171617171918181613161919191617151415191916
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