Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Last Chance surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Last Chance sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Last Chance today?

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 9PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 4.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (04 Dec)15ft (4.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Last Chance. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
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4
4
4
3
1
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
S
4.5
SSE
5
S
4.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)121212121211111112111110101010101010101013141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)627056536626537825991925162614651375940700599386327256196196117929485232366340
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
35
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
5
SE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NNW
0
W
5
N
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
1.82
6:06AM
1.94
6:37PM
1.85
7:05AM
2.00
7:36PM
1.86
8:03AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.21
12:27PM
0.19
12:51AM
0.18
1:27PM
0.15
1:48AM
0.15
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset-8:20-------8:21-------8:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515141314161718181820202228272524222019192224
Feels °C (?)7811121213151514141618181925252223202018182021
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