Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 23 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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 11AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101099999999999899101010109121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68752945038032527627623019915712799791072323554684103422762658475891652
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
15
SW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
1.64
10:17PM
1.57
10:41AM
1.66
11:01PM
1.61
11:29AM
1.67
11:48PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
0.25
4:11PM
0.23
4:24AM
0.25
4:57PM
0.23
5:13AM
0.25
5:44PM
0.23
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11----------
Temp. °C191922232524211818151618161717171617192022201818
Feels °C (?)1817212124211914148911131512111012151518161314
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