Diners Beach surf break

Diners Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 23 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
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Diners Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Diners Beach at 8AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (23 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)10101010999999999999999910121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14791086878767577440442391380281230157125123979710179808389134134177
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
N
30
W
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
W
10
WSW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
N
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:34PM
1.36
9:57AM
1.49
10:19PM
1.38
10:41AM
1.50
11:07PM
1.40
11:27AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
0.19
4:20PM
0.19
4:32AM
0.19
5:05PM
0.16
5:19AM
0.18
5:51PM
0.15
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222120202123242321191816161818181817171719202120
Feels °C (?)21201917192123181915137810121611991114161816
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