Opoutama Beach surf break

Opoutama Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 NZDT
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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
14.6° 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 9PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)--
Afternoon (14 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (14 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.9
SE
1
SSE
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)101056677777799788888888813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2220742151781681531351117470125101374644425643444593113171
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
15
NE
5
ENE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
0
SSW
5
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
1.65
1:26PM
1.72
1:54AM
1.57
2:23PM
1.64
2:50AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
0.15
7:09AM
0.17
7:48PM
0.17
8:04AM
0.20
8:43PM
0.20
9:00AM
0.23
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:20--
Sunset-7:24-------7:25-------7:27------
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
143109--------------------
Temp. °C131312121111121213131312111115181716141312121315
Feels °C (?)101276681099910108812161415111010111111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Opoutama Beach (light winds from the WSW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 10 km from Opoutama Beach). 0.4m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.3m 2s local chop, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
WSW
Clean
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