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Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 31 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: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (31 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111110101010101010101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1531531531611521083147878777775555554514848484747323232
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
25
NE
35
NE
25
NE
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
1.57
5:06PM
1.49
5:41AM
1.60
6:05PM
1.50
6:39AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:21PM
0.10
10:59AM
0.16
11:21PM
0.09
12:00PM
0.14
12:19AM
0.07
12:58PM
0.11
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:16-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset-------8:24-------8:23-------8:22
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717171819202123201817181718181817171720242726
Feels °C (?)151414151616161821191817181515171715151416212724
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