Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Last Chance today?

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 6AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
2
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)161514141313131313131312121212121212171616151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41217353469273618931491117410379579658608338207157157036925315376047151167862663
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
1.61
6:16PM
1.57
6:35AM
1.61
7:05PM
1.62
7:23AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.22
12:04PM
0.24
12:26AM
0.25
12:53PM
0.28
1:14AM
0.29
1:40PM
0.33
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----7:20-------7:22-------7:22---
Sunset-------7:01-------7:00------6:59-
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C151514141415151313131212131515141313121214161816
Feels °C (?)1111101010111110111110111213121110109911131411
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