Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 25 Jan 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 slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 5AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 25). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (25 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)999101010121212121212121111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)768061646466134134134134174171169166160121116114114112110828282
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
W
15
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
10
SW
15
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
1.40
11:27AM
1.50
11:56PM
1.43
12:17PM
1.49
12:48AM
1.46
1:10PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
0.18
5:51PM
0.15
6:09AM
0.19
6:39PM
0.14
7:02AM
0.19
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:29-------8:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717171820222119181717192019191918171718181919
Feels °C (?)131110111215181814121112151917171717161516141518
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