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Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 31 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
19.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Point Annihilation today?

The current surf forecast for Point Annihilation at 9AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (31 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Point Annihilation. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313121211111010101615141413131212111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423746643513333240184164125125181161206187423335290216154146106747556
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NW
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NE
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
1.84
5:03PM
1.71
5:30AM
1.85
6:00PM
1.71
6:28AM
1.86
6:57PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
0.20
11:17PM
0.18
11:53AM
0.17
12:15AM
0.13
12:51PM
0.15
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-6:16-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:25-------8:24-------8:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161719212222221917161819191917171717212528272424
Feels °C (?)141618191920211817161817171916161615192428262424
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