Makorori North surf break

Makorori North surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Makorori North surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Makorori North sea temperature is
15.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Makorori North today?

The current surf forecast for Makorori North at 7AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
S
1.3
S
0.7
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.3
S
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSW
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)77881311101099101010910109991699155
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)231222217193161418308190113787158575557444353524641344411
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
15
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
1.36
3:30PM
1.44
4:00AM
1.34
4:24PM
1.41
4:54AM
1.33
5:15PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
0.23
9:50PM
0.23
10:08AM
0.27
10:43PM
0.24
11:01AM
0.28
11:32PM
0.24
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:20-------6:18-------6:16------
Sunset-----7:25-------7:27-------7:28--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9811131312121213121722231814121313182019171715
Feels °C (?)55999799109141818121091110141614121413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Makorori North (light winds from the NNW at Gisborne Airport 13 km from Makorori North). 1.9m 7s swell from the S with a 0.4m 7s swell, also from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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NNW
Clean
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