Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 23 Nov 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 23). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (24 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (24 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)6613131313131413131414141312121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17181716333335626089969713212511314414114713713293898859
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
SSE
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58PM
1.53
9:18AM
1.63
9:41PM
1.50
9:58AM
1.60
10:24PM
1.47
10:40AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
0.48
3:02AM
0.48
3:37PM
0.44
3:42AM
0.45
4:21PM
0.40
4:25AM
0.43
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset-8:08-------8:09-------8:10------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
132----1-----11---------
Temp. °C171716161516161616161616151616171616151515161920
Feels °C (?)161817161414141514141515141414131212111213141615
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