Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 19 Oct 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
14.4° 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 7PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)1ft (0.3m)17s
Afternoon (19 Oct)1ft (0.3m)17s
Evening (19 Oct)1ft (0.3m)16s

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

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)1717161616136611881212111111101055441616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5856534748334341223244518110293908558696346342121
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
S
5
E
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
1.51
5:29AM
1.49
5:45PM
1.50
6:16AM
1.54
6:33PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.31
11:14PM
0.31
11:41AM
0.34
12:02AM
0.36
12:28PM
0.37
12:48AM
0.40
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13
Sunset---7:30-------7:30-------7:31----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172022201815121216202422181718171921232120191919
Feels °C (?)12161916151211913182118141214121415181616151416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind at Blacks Reef have swung cross-off (moderate winds from the NW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 15 km from Blacks Reef). 0.4m 9s swell from the SE with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 37 min ago

22 km/h
NW
Cross-Shore
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