Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 07 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
18.8° 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 7AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1.4
NE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NNE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
1
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)969999956699998856777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1491371199211610680941071016462617491515333333433322123
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
10
N
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
15
ENE
30
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
20
N
20
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
1.47
9:35AM
1.49
10:00PM
1.46
10:20AM
1.45
10:45PM
1.44
11:04AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
0.16
3:53PM
0.15
4:14AM
0.19
4:37PM
0.18
5:00AM
0.23
5:20PM
0.22
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------7:40-------7:39-------7:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717161616171717171616161818202018171616171717
Feels °C (?)161617161615131112151315151616181916161413141312
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