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Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 8AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
1.7
E
2
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)109991313121212111111101010101312121110121112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5443182762411682021841771691261511211259268114170206203186123789994894
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
5
N
15
ENE
20
N
15
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
10
WSW
0
NW
5
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
1.55
6:39PM
1.44
7:05AM
1.58
7:29PM
1.49
7:53AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.33
12:33PM
0.31
12:49AM
0.27
1:22PM
0.26
1:35AM
0.22
2:10PM
0.22
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:06-------8:05-------8:04
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616162022222218171717181919191818171719192120
Feels °C (?)141514141821201916161717181716171614131620181918
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