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Mahia Spit surf break

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 23 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 2AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)999999999999101010101212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)320325318283192155123959574768164646569134134134174174171166163
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
35
WNW
35
NW
45
WNW
20
WSW
25
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
25
W
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
1.38
10:41AM
1.50
11:07PM
1.40
11:27AM
1.50
11:56PM
1.43
12:17PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
0.19
5:05PM
0.16
5:19AM
0.18
5:51PM
0.15
6:09AM
0.19
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-8:30-------8:30-------8:30------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242421191816171718191817171618202220191817171920
Feels °C (?)222118151389914151210101112161915131211121519
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