Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mahia Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Mahia Spit at 7PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)666777777777777777777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282821222324372626252636395353515051706686626789
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
S
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
1.41
11:29PM
1.41
11:48AM
1.37
12:13AM
1.38
12:33PM
1.32
12:59AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.22
5:44AM
0.27
6:03PM
0.27
6:29AM
0.31
6:47PM
0.31
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-------6:58--------7:00-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:35----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1211----------------
Temp. °C171717171717161616161616151515161616161616161616
Feels °C (?)141515141412111011111212111112121212111212131314
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