Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
19.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 10AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.4
NE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)12121111111010101010109999699999556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98614601164970815610561471370305283271193161149137119116116106907710367
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
W
0
NW
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
15
ENE
30
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
1.54
8:27PM
1.47
8:49AM
1.52
9:15PM
1.47
9:35AM
1.49
10:00PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.13
2:21PM
0.12
2:40AM
0.14
3:08PM
0.12
3:28AM
0.16
3:53PM
0.15
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----7:44-------7:43-------7:40--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414151617171615151617191919181716161718181817
Feels °C (?)111314131313131313131413151416181716171614131313
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