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Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 6AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.7
NNE
0.6
NE
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
1.3
NE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)12125581816151413121111131211111171010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2625191411258322833839862848539656441131324219118017013112812594
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
20
W
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
40
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
1.60
1:43PM
1.58
2:14AM
1.58
2:32PM
1.55
3:05AM
1.58
3:20PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
0.33
7:35AM
0.41
7:58PM
0.40
8:27AM
0.46
8:45PM
0.46
9:17AM
0.50
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:54-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:36-------8:36-------8:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262423212418191817171717192021201919201823211918
Feels °C (?)222120172315161614151514161515161719181622191617
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