Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 03 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
18.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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 3PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (03 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)997466689101111121212121212111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8381983981004321634265428693201331046653446293626122059171512521008778588410349
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
30
WSW
10
WSW
25
WSW
50
SW
50
SW
50
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
10
SE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassonononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncrossoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39PM
1.77
5:08AM
1.85
5:38PM
1.82
6:06AM
1.94
6:37PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30AM
0.26
10:52PM
0.23
11:29AM
0.23
11:52PM
0.21
12:27PM
0.19
12:51AM
0.18
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-------5:35-------5:35-------5:35
Sunset---8:19-------8:20-------8:21----
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1--1112431---------------
Temp. °C202323161615141314161616151414151719191818202123
Feels °C (?)202323111511544789111212131517151315171820
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