Makorori Centre surf break

Makorori Centre surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Makorori Centre today?

The current surf forecast for Makorori Centre at 12PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111155614149913131211111010129911117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4040232355782226710113716955555138021716110271473130242321
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
ENE
25
NE
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:37-----
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:36---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161618191917151312111417181714141414172019181717
Feels °C (?)101114161513108871115131311111111151716151414
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