Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Point Annihilation today?

The current surf forecast for Point Annihilation at 1PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (23 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1615141466131313131314131314141313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1917161617181716333335626089969713012311315215014713494
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
SE
5
W
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
1.65
8:58PM
1.53
9:18AM
1.63
9:41PM
1.50
9:58AM
1.60
10:24PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.49
2:54PM
0.48
3:02AM
0.48
3:37PM
0.44
3:42AM
0.45
4:21PM
0.40
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:08-------8:09-------8:10--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----131------1----------
Temp. °C141517181817161615161616161615151515161616161616
Feels °C (?)141416161718171614151314141413131312141212121314
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