- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
Opoutama Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Opoutama Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Opoutama Beach at 1PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Opoutama Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 2719 | 2309 | 1952 | 2005 | 1956 | 1842 | 1694 | 1613 | 1513 | 1459 | 1615 | 4363 | 1502 | 1621 | 4445 | 2000 | 3689 | 1412 | 1237 | 996 | 873 | 781 | 703 | 679 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:54PM 1.75 | 3:23AM 1.62 | 3:50PM 1.74 | 4:18AM 1.60 | 4:44PM 1.72 | 5:12AM 1.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:37AM 0.24 | 9:16PM 0.24 | 9:36AM 0.23 | 10:12PM 0.23 | 10:32AM 0.21 | 11:06PM 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - |
 | | |  |  | | | | | |  | | | | | |  |  | | | | | |  | |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Feels °C (?) | -1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia
The wind is still cross-on at Opoutama Beach (strong winds from the SSW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 10 km from Opoutama Beach). A 3.7m swell from the S is too big for here
1 h 44 min ago
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Opoutama Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest