Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 NZST
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Point Annihilation surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Point Annihilation sea temperature is
12.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Point Annihilation today?

The current surf forecast for Point Annihilation at 9AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave 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 Point Annihilation. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010999999991616161514141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)341229842719230919522005195618421694161315131459161543631502162144452000368914121237996873781
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
45
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
40
SSW
40
S
40
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
1.65
2:54PM
1.75
3:23AM
1.62
3:50PM
1.74
4:18AM
1.60
4:44PM
1.72
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
Sat
23
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:46-----
Sunset----5:35-------5:36-------5:37---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999101011111110101011111010101091011101099
Feels °C (?)-1-1-1122222224434443566556
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Point Annihilation (strong winds from the SSW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 13 km from Point Annihilation). A 3.9m swell from the S

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Actual: 52 min ago

39 km/h
SSW
Cross-On
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