Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
18.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Point Annihilation today?

The current surf forecast for Point Annihilation at 8PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (06 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)121210107771011101111111111111110888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5148573561345382439375736257257248202202157181180476439396395364388
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
1.70
9:24AM
1.61
9:41PM
1.66
10:07AM
1.57
10:23PM
1.60
10:48AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.45
3:17AM
0.43
3:32PM
0.47
4:01AM
0.45
4:15PM
0.48
4:45AM
0.45
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:30-
Sunset5:53-------5:52-------5:51-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---111---------1--1163-1
Temp. °C181716161617171717171717171718191919191817181920
Feels °C (?)141312121112131112121212131315161617171716171819
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