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Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 1PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
NE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)5888889814944566666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1212111055351881137102145159209109124493451344334
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
45
NE
50
NNE
40
NNE
20
N
25
N
20
NNW
10
NW
20
SSE
20
ESE
30
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.35
1:48PM
1.36
2:20AM
1.32
2:36PM
1.32
3:09AM
1.32
3:25PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
0.30
8:06PM
0.26
8:28AM
0.35
8:51PM
0.30
9:17AM
0.37
9:38PM
0.32
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:36-------8:36-------8:36--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242223181818171717171819192020202019211919191818
Feels °C (?)201721151414131514131313121315191716211616151617
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