Opoutama Beach surf break

Opoutama Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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Opoutama Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Opoutama Beach sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Opoutama Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Opoutama Beach at 2AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
S
1.1
SW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.4
SE
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)11111111111155588910131212111010991298
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7069474747415313311430032974959614401100686396296196139103525235
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
1.60
4:33PM
1.59
4:59AM
1.68
5:26PM
1.69
5:52AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
0.28
10:21AM
0.25
10:47PM
0.24
11:14AM
0.22
11:39PM
0.20
12:07PM
0.19
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:35-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset------5:38-------5:37-------5:36-
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161516161716171614141313151717171615141517191918
Feels °C (?)13101011121010989910121612121312111113151513
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