Mahia Spit Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Gisborne and Mahia, New Zealand)
Mahia Spit Spot ID
Type: reef
Reliability: inconsistent
Best: Swell NE | Wind SW
Sea Temperature Today is: 20.3 °C
| Friday 21 | Sat | |||
| 4PM | 7PM | 10PM | 1AM | |
| Wave (m) |
 E |
 E |
E |
 E |
| Period (s) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | on | cross- on |
cross | cross- on |
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Mahia Spit in Mahia is an exposed reef break that does not work very often. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the southwest. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the best swell direction is from the northeast. There is a left hand reef break. Rarely crowded here. Hazards include rocks and locals.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Aurora Point, 2 km from Mahia Spit.
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
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Mahia Spit Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Mahia AWS, 4 km from Mahia Spit.
moderate winds from the NE km/h |  no report | Air temperature 24.0 °C |
Overall Mahia Spit Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in February
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Use this relief map to navigate to Gisborne and Mahia surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Mahia Spit
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Mahia Spit:
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Wave buoys nearest to Mahia Spit:
- Closest wave buoy120 mi
- Second closest wave buoy241 mi
- Third closest wave buoy288 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy289 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy290 mi
Tide stations nearest to Mahia Spit:
- Closest tide stationWaikokopu6 mi
- Second closest tide stationWairoa River27 mi
- Third closest tide stationGisborne30 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationTolaga Bay (Cooks Cove)53 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationNapier61 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Mahia Spit is Gisborne Airport (GIS) in New Zealand, 48 km (30 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Mahia Spit is Whakatane Airport (WHK), also in New Zealand, 158 km (98 miles) away.
- Third is Taupo Airport (TUO) in New Zealand, 165 km (102 miles) away.
- Rotorua Airport (ROT) in New Zealand is 178 km (111 miles) away.
- Tauranga Airport (TRG), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to Mahia Spit and is 219 km (136 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Mahia Spit, Gisborne and Mahia. Use the tab navigation above to view Mahia Spit sea temperature, Mahia Spit photographs, Mahia Spit detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Mahia Spit webcams, current wind from Gisborne and Mahia live weather stations and Mahia Spit tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Mahia Spit.
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