Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today (10 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with NE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 2AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (10 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 6s |
| Evening (10 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Mahia Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun night, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||
Monday 10 | Tuesday 11 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | NE 6 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 75 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 57 | 95 | 118 | 278 | 112 | 155 | 6 | 229 | 220 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:31AM1.47m | 3:08PM1.56m | 3:32AM1.49m | 4:08PM1.60m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:24PM0.19m | 8:47AM0.11m | 9:25PM0.16m | 9:47AM0.08m | |||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 12 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 11 | S 8 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 476 | 290 | 222 | 176 | 163 | 127 | 125 | 122 | 117 | 98 | 86 | 278 | 258 | 465 | 258 | 161 | 220 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | E 12 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | NE 6 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SSE 17 | SE 11 | S 8 |
| kJ | 29 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 95 | 118 | 10 | 112 | 155 | 59 | 229 | 97 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | S 16 | SE 13 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 5 | S 16 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSE 16 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNW 2 | — | W 3 | WSW 3 | — | — | — | — | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | S 9 | — | — |
| kJ | 75 | 25 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 18 | 257 | 542 | 258 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Mahia Spit surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest