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Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 22 Nov 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 2PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (22 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (22 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999999999991010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1241241241241271081101001009898100811171171057876757167656565
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
E
10
E
10
S
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
E
5
N
5
WNW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
1.44
8:21PM
1.35
8:46AM
1.44
9:03PM
1.34
9:27AM
1.44
9:45PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.29
2:33AM
0.26
3:05PM
0.29
3:16AM
0.26
3:48PM
0.30
3:57AM
0.27
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:39
Sunset---8:07-------8:07-------8:09----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------32-----------
Temp. °C161616161615141515161616161616161615161616161616
Feels °C (?)141314151514141514141415171715151512151414141414
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