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Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast 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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 24 | 65 | 138 | 130 | 171 | 166 | 196 | 184 | 181 | 319 | 136 | 515 | 194 | 187 | 433 | 220 | 216 | 184 | 184 | 176 | 388 | 154 | 137 | 147 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross | glass | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:01AM 1.71 | 10:27PM 1.54 | 10:56AM 1.66 | 11:23PM 1.48 | 11:50AM 1.59 | 12:19AM 1.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:25PM 0.03 | 4:41AM 0.03 | 5:20PM 0.06 | 5:35AM 0.09 | 6:13PM 0.11 | 6:29AM 0.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 09 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 8:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:25 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 |
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