Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 06 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Mahia Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mahia Spit sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 10PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)--
Afternoon (06 Dec)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (06 Dec)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.9
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.5
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
NE
1
NNE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.2
E
0.3
ENE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)8109999999883388894666111114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13139131414141513395511955712682917102465
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
W
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
15
ESE
20
NE
10
ENE
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
0
SSE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglasscrosscrossglasscrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
1.61
8:11AM
1.74
8:35PM
1.61
9:06AM
1.74
9:31PM
1.58
10:01AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
-0.04
2:32PM
0.01
2:50AM
-0.03
3:29PM
0.01
3:46AM
-0.01
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset-8:22-------8:22-------8:23------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121212020212119212019202224242423221818191919
Feels °C (?)171718191717181817192019182023202022201716191917
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