Mahanga Point Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.02° S 177.89° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Mahanga Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

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

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Mahanga Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Mahanga Point sea temperature is 13.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mahanga Point today?

The current surf forecast for Mahanga Point at 1PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Evening (14 Sep)	15ft (4.5m)	12s

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

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	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	4	2	3	!	5	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SE	S	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	14	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	496	1438	2165	3668	5837	3283	2476	1944	1363	1086	908	692	510	433	318	248	216	146	162	103	101	116	136	114
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	NNW	N	ENE	NE	NNE	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	SW	SSE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:42AM 1.85				11:17PM 1.74				11:42AM 1.80					12:14AM 1.69				12:43PM 1.75				1:12AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				5:07PM 0.16				5:29AM 0.16					6:06PM 0.18				6:26AM 0.19				7:05PM 0.20

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	7	10	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	15	17	17	16	15	15	15	14
Feels °C (?)	6	7	2	2	4	4	5	4	7	11	9	9	11	8	8	10	10	13	15	14	12	13	14	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Mahanga Point (moderate winds from the S at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 13 km from Mahanga Point). 2.1m 10s swell from the SSE to make surfable waves.
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