Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 2026 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
19.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 3AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.4
NE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)88899999699999999111111111187
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1413211197211179132132110998381524040393019181812208768
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
15
N
20
W
25
SW
20
S
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
1.53
1:52PM
1.47
2:26AM
1.53
2:52PM
1.45
3:26AM
1.53
3:52PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
0.11
7:45AM
0.17
8:09PM
0.13
8:44AM
0.19
9:07PM
0.14
9:44AM
0.19
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:47-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset-------7:53-------7:52-------7:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------22------
Temp. °C161515161820192022201918181818181717161616161616
Feels °C (?)11911131516151620181716151615151213111112121313
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