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Last Chance Surf Forecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 28 May 2023 NZST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent
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 16.3 °C (Statistics for 28 May 1981-2005 - mean: 15.9 max: 17.6 min: 14.3 °C)
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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 16.3 °C (Statistics for 28 May 1981-2005 - mean: 15.9 max: 17.6 min: 14.3 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Last Chance (light winds from the N at Wharerata 13 km from Last Chance).

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1 h 17 min ago

Light
7 km/h
N
Clean
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How big are the waves at Last Chance today?

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 5PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 May)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (28 May)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (28 May)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.4
NE
2.4
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
3
NE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.3
ENE
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2
S
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)12111166777778889988888999999999999999989888888888881591099888131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)21720211614318833227536254362966440349748112923613062682682683113773853402802802422221481931881541541618483741061038078727254535150494642194521701337929539392287209248248
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
1.39
12:29AM
1.46
12:56PM
1.38
1:15AM
1.45
1:46PM
1.40
2:02AM
1.47
2:34PM
1.46
2:49AM
1.52
3:22PM
1.53
3:38AM
1.57
4:10PM
1.61
4:28AM
1.63
4:59PM
1.70
5:19AM
1.67
5:50PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.40
6:15PM
0.46
6:48AM
0.41
7:02PM
0.46
7:31AM
0.41
7:52PM
0.46
8:15AM
0.42
8:43PM
0.45
9:02AM
0.42
9:34PM
0.43
9:51AM
0.41
10:23PM
0.40
10:43AM
0.38
11:13PM
0.36
11:35AM
0.34

Note: the tide data above is for Waikokopu, New Zealand which is 9 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Last Chance.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Last Chance blow from the W

Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14151716161515151415161616161716171818171615141415171714131313131518191715161516161918181413111111131312121010910141413
Feels °C (?)1112131111101098911131414161515161716141312111213131210111010131617151314111314161415943567878776710109
Sunrise7:13-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset--4:55-------4:54-------4:54-------4:53-------4:53-------4:53-------4:52-------4:52-

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