Last Chance Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.00° S 177.90° E)

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Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 13.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Last Chance today?

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 1AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	11s
Evening (15 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	10s

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

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		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5630	3283	2315	1774	1230	972	769	573	490	365	289	227	177	177	162	113	101	102	131	209	157	102	73	51
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WNW	NNW	N	E	ENE	NNE	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SW	SSE	NE	NNW	NNW	WNW	NW	N	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 1.74				11:42AM 1.80					12:14AM 1.69				12:43PM 1.75				1:12AM 1.62				1:42PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				5:29AM 0.16					6:06PM 0.18				6:26AM 0.19				7:05PM 0.20				7:23AM 0.20

		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	8	8	11	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	15	17	18	16	15	15	14	14	17	20	21	18
Feels °C (?)	4	5	5	6	9	10	11	10	11	9	7	8	11	13	16	14	12	13	12	12	15	17	18	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Last Chance (moderate winds from the S at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 14 km from Last Chance). 1.5m 12s groundswell from the SSE with a 1.0m 11s groundswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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