Mapere Beach surf break

Mapere Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 NZST
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Mapere Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mapere Beach sea temperature is
13.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Mapere Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Mapere Beach at 10PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)--
Afternoon (27 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (27 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Mapere Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.7
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)678101111101010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)81119225652956915783688614535457456398350304252233195132105759410085
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
1.47
9:23AM
1.42
9:41PM
1.43
10:07AM
1.40
10:24PM
1.39
10:50AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:14AM
0.19
3:33PM
0.24
3:57AM
0.22
4:17PM
0.28
4:39AM
0.26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset5:40-------5:42-------5:43-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111--------------------
Temp. °C131212121212121516151414151314171613121212101316
Feels °C (?)1099911111013131111101089121076676811
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Mapere Beach (light winds from the ESE at Gisborne Airport 16 km from Mapere Beach). 0.5m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.2m 10s swell from the SSE and a 0.1m 7s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
ESE
0.0
13.0
Air / Water (°C)
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