Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Point Annihilation today?

The current surf forecast for Point Annihilation at 3PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
S
1.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
S
Period(s) (?)9956667766667777777713468
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)554767101137153171152133114978857596159597147548939440906
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
W
45
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
1.65
3:20AM
1.75
3:49PM
1.62
4:17AM
1.74
4:47PM
1.61
5:13AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
0.21
9:01PM
0.20
9:41AM
0.19
10:01PM
0.18
10:39AM
0.18
11:00PM
0.16
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50
Sunset---7:52-------7:52-------7:50----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---1111-------------1-23
Temp. °C181818171716161616161717161615141719181819161313
Feels °C (?)161515131313131213131415141413111516141518865
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