Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 04 Dec 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
18.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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 12AM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (05 Dec)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (05 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
5
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
S
5
S
4
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)121212121211111112111110101010101010101013141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7519650850065051284522351751171814991053823596424356258201192135107107168322447421
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
W
5
SW
10
SE
20
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
E
10
NE
10
N
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
glasscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
1.82
6:06AM
1.94
6:37PM
1.85
7:05AM
2.00
7:36PM
1.86
8:03AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.21
12:27PM
0.19
12:51AM
0.18
1:27PM
0.15
1:48AM
0.15
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset-8:20-------8:21-------8:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515141314161718181820202227272424222019192224
Feels °C (?)579111112151514131517171824252122202018182021
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