Diners Beach surf break

Diners Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 3PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)999566666677777788887888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26414135505254656711822615511475547984848688274323418526
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NE
5
NNW
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
25
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
N
35
NNE
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
1.28
4:45AM
1.34
5:01PM
1.28
5:32AM
1.36
5:48PM
1.29
6:19AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
0.38
10:25PM
0.32
10:56AM
0.38
11:12PM
0.32
11:45AM
0.37
12:00AM
0.30
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------5:58-------6:00-------6:01
Sunset---8:35-------8:35-------8:35----
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-361--2141------1-------
Temp. °C202121202120192019212220181717171717171617161616
Feels °C (?)191923192018171816181718141414141312121012111010
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