Last Chance surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 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 1.4°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 10AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1.5
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.4
S
0.9
S
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.6
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)121112121010101010109999999669881111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2892656072842792422332282281481421371101061041027616656525011890235
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SE
10
E
15
NNE
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
5
E
10
ESE
15
N
5
NNW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SE
20
ENE
30
NE
25
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncrossoffoffoffoffoffglassoncrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.63
8:19PM
1.56
8:41AM
1.67
9:06PM
1.62
9:28AM
1.71
9:52PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.22
2:10PM
0.22
2:22AM
0.19
2:57PM
0.19
3:11AM
0.19
3:44PM
0.18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:04-------8:02-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171619212221212020182122222120181616171818181717
Feels °C (?)161517202020191616161921201920131113151614131314
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