Makorori Centre surf break

Makorori Centre surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Makorori Centre surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Makorori Centre sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Makorori Centre today?

The current surf forecast for Makorori Centre at 11AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s

Table - waves today at Makorori Centre. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)566612111110999108886766661067
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6480941158414313132021249290866276207176178120607159485164
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
5
SE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
1.54
11:42PM
1.53
12:05PM
1.53
12:36AM
1.53
12:59PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
0.12
5:34PM
0.09
5:59AM
0.13
6:24PM
0.10
6:53AM
0.15
7:18PM
0.11
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:45------
Sunset-----7:57-------7:55-------7:54--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161517181717151415151922211917171717171818171615
Feels °C (?)121113151316131213141820171713131415151616151413
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