Mahia Reef Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Mahia Reef surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT

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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 14.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mahia Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Reef at 8AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	19s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	17s
Evening (22 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat 25
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	19	18	16	15	12	12	12	19	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	14	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	18	17	29	108	254	352	202	365	289	178	290	172	273	239	176	125	112	75	72	69	513	1526	1835	2329
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	SW	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:02AM 1.59				7:18PM 1.54				7:46AM 1.64				8:02PM 1.57				8:27AM 1.66				8:45PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)					1:12PM 0.40				1:32AM 0.44				1:55PM 0.43				2:14AM 0.47				2:38PM 0.46

	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat 25
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	19	22	23	22	20	18	17	17	21	24	24	22	20	20	19	18	16	16	16	14	14	13
Feels °C (?)	14	12	14	19	18	17	15	13	11	14	19	21	20	18	16	17	16	15	13	12	12	10	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update Cross-off wind 9 km from Mahia Reef has become light (light winds from the SSE at Mahia Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Mahia Reef. 0.6m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
47 minutes ago Mahia Reef
Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the SSE at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 15 km from Blacks Reef). 0.6m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
47 minutes ago Blacks Reef

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Actual: 47 min ago

9 km/h

SSE

Clean

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