Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Point Annihilation today?

The current surf forecast for Point Annihilation at 9PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Mar)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101011111111111010101212111110101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)402336173437338033273370339333853488273622871908143494596715501149866763530532407307266
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
E
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
1.61
7:00AM
1.72
7:29PM
1.63
7:49AM
1.71
8:19PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29PM
0.18
12:46AM
0.15
1:21PM
0.19
1:36AM
0.18
2:09PM
0.22
2:24AM
0.23
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset---7:47-------7:45-------7:45----
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
42211111----------------
Temp. °C131313141313141414141616151413131517171716161515
Feels °C (?)33443456881113131312131515141313151514
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