Surf Forecast Surf Report

Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 30 Apr 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Last Chance today?

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 3AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (01 May)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (01 May)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2.5
NE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1
E
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.5
S
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
2.5
S
2.2
SSE
1.2
S
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)101010101010101212121112131313121212121111111010109998999910916161414131212121110101011111110101010101055916
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1854939784742145176972152044926428654217483951695860524553805605526939672767258218321403102180294963266096513731487134814018317712581208215641198890761646508367371251346311281270212154151987252332820
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
15
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
2.01
8:23AM
1.87
8:46PM
1.99
9:21AM
1.83
9:41PM
1.92
10:16AM
1.76
10:38PM
1.83
11:09AM
1.67
11:35PM
1.73
12:01PM
1.58
12:29AM
1.64
12:55PM
1.49
1:21AM
1.56
1:51PM
1.44
2:10AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.11
2:33PM
0.14
3:11AM
0.13
3:29PM
0.16
4:08AM
0.15
4:25PM
0.18
5:03AM
0.17
5:20PM
0.20
5:58AM
0.20
6:13PM
0.24
6:51AM
0.23
7:05PM
0.28
7:41AM
0.27
7:59PM
0.33
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:13-------5:12-----
light rainlight raincloudclearclearthunderstorm light raincloudpart cloudcloudpart cloudpart cloudcloudcloudcloudlight rainlight rainmod rainlight rainlight rainpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudcloudcloudcloudcloudlight rainlight rainrain showerscloudcloudcloudpart cloudpart cloudcloudpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudpart cloudcloudcloudpart cloud
Rain (mm)
11---11--------14733-------122------------------------------
Temp. °C1818181817181515141313121212131212131313141414151514131314141413121212111012121110109911131413131312111317181515151616
Feels °C (?)1717181715178876655453455578910109877777789981010109988910109109981015141111131414
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.leaflet.map_placeholder_alt">Map Placeholder Alt</span>

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Last Chance surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest