Mahia Spit Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Mahia Spit surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 09 Nov 2025 NZDT

Forecast 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 16.7° 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 5AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (09 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	ENE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	38	49	36	30	67	50	82	47	46	67	67	45	109	43	78	251	210	178	155	78	54	66	37	48
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SW	WSW	ESE	E	ENE	NE	WNW	W	N	NNW	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:55PM 1.64				9:25AM 1.74				9:51PM 1.61					10:21AM 1.72				10:47PM 1.57				11:17AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			3:10AM -0.05				3:47PM -0.00					4:06AM -0.02				4:44PM 0.02				5:02AM 0.02				5:40PM 0.06

		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	20	18	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	18	20	19	22	21	20	19	18	17	18	18	19	19
Feels °C (?)	19	17	16	16	17	15	14	16	16	17	17	16	17	15	19	18	17	16	16	15	17	16	18	17

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Mahia Spit surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.