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Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 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
20.4° 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 8AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
S
1.1
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)999999991451313136613131312128866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)888865654544444259657978829114184827974716883125160
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WSW
0
SSW
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
15
N
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
1.57
4:06PM
1.50
4:38AM
1.57
4:52PM
1.48
5:22AM
1.57
5:37PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:32PM
0.49
10:06AM
0.52
10:20PM
0.51
10:52AM
0.52
11:07PM
0.49
11:37AM
0.50
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---5:58-------5:58-------6:01----
Sunset-------8:35-------8:35-------8:34
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201818191920212121201919202125191817171716161616
Feels °C (?)201820192021222121201918191923161615151614131212
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