Mahia Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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Mahia Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mahia Reef sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mahia Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Reef at 11AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (21 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Mahia Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.6
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
4.5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
1.6
SE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101011111111111110101010109999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1665098901177140614891792442757755882526046273811298628692508202116421391142212991113858441
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
20
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
55
SSW
45
S
45
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
1.81
8:59PM
1.93
9:34AM
1.78
9:55PM
1.89
10:30AM
1.74
10:54PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
0.13
2:46PM
0.13
3:24AM
0.11
3:43PM
0.12
4:21AM
0.11
4:40PM
0.12
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:43-----
Sunset----5:31-------5:30-------5:29---
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
31--11139831111111221112
Temp. °C141314141313141413121312131212121212121112121211
Feels °C (?)13101110981154142433457768778
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