Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 14 Feb 2026 NZDT
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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 5PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (14 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (14 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)7778888910101111121211111110101010101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)118949719022322319521557359865181113671037783661564459384327268216178172
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
60
SW
65
SW
65
SW
50
WSW
50
WNW
55
NNW
60
NW
50
WNW
45
W
35
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
W
20
WSW
5
W
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.26
4:55AM
1.34
5:12PM
1.28
5:43AM
1.38
6:01PM
1.30
6:30AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.39
10:35PM
0.33
11:09AM
0.37
11:24PM
0.30
11:59AM
0.33
12:12AM
0.26
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:35-------6:35
Sunset---8:09-------8:08-------8:07----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
35323235311118581-------
Temp. °C202018181818171716151514141414171820201918171717
Feels °C (?)22191414141297533444281014141211131615
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