Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 13 Feb 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
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 11PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)--
Afternoon (13 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (13 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.9
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)66666777788891010101111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1962091812131131119311094153273324290414740962103012121068882670410284219
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
20
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
55
SW
60
SW
60
SW
55
WSW
50
WSW
55
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
35
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcrossoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
1.32
4:23PM
1.26
4:55AM
1.34
5:12PM
1.28
5:43AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.34
10:18AM
0.39
10:35PM
0.33
11:09AM
0.37
11:24PM
0.30
11:59AM
0.33
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:35--
Sunset-8:10-------8:09-------8:08------
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-425112344344651--3772--
Temp. °C212121212121202018181818171716151615131315161821
Feels °C (?)171719222222221913131312875464557101318
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