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Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 07 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 10AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
E
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)861212711761012121211666111166161555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292630485223322121464626251212121196320175830
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
NW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
E
5
NNW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
1.89
10:02PM
1.73
10:23AM
1.82
10:51PM
1.69
11:13AM
1.75
11:39PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
0.09
3:55PM
0.12
4:07AM
0.14
4:46PM
0.15
5:00AM
0.20
5:35PM
0.20
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:37-------8:37--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C181719202020181817171818191917171818222528242220
Feels °C (?)191720201819181917171716181917161717192426242321
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