Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.4° 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 2PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)889999101010101010101010101010101010111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)575375393615644442414361361361363363407463535499584608575586575147318812211
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
20
E
25
E
25
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
1.30
11:22PM
1.36
11:41AM
1.27
12:07AM
1.34
12:27PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
0.32
5:11PM
0.31
5:42AM
0.34
5:55PM
0.34
6:27AM
0.36
6:39PM
0.35
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:28-------6:30-------6:31-----
Sunset----5:49-------5:46-------5:45---
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--------------------111
Temp. °C191920202120201918171817161616161617171818181818
Feels °C (?)171719171817181817171815121414141518161615141314
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest