Mahanga Beach surf break

Mahanga Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Mahanga Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mahanga Beach sea temperature is
15.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mahanga Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Mahanga Beach at 1PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (21 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Mahanga Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.3
E
0.3
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)11111010101010101016919161513121212181615141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11410875735050323116201561188275284300292233226240267242170121
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
10
NNW
5
W
10
NW
10
W
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
NW
20
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
1.54
6:33PM
1.52
7:02AM
1.59
7:18PM
1.54
7:46AM
1.64
8:02PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28PM
0.37
12:48AM
0.40
1:12PM
0.40
1:32AM
0.44
1:55PM
0.43
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:34--
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719212421191919172021232120171617202424222019
Feels °C (?)131215162017151615111718211816131214192320161515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Mahanga Beach (strong winds from the NW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 11 km from Mahanga Beach). 0.6m 10s swell from the E with a 0.3m 10s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 4 min ago

46 km/h
NW
Cross-Off
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