Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 08 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
20.1° 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: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (08 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)8776666666610101010131414141414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2121311138064688081624912092686890293297377377327272202187
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30AM
1.67
11:52PM
1.66
12:18PM
1.63
12:40AM
1.62
1:05PM
1.59
1:32AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
0.34
6:09AM
0.39
6:33PM
0.40
6:58AM
0.44
7:19PM
0.45
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:28-------6:30
Sunset---8:17-------8:15-------8:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C212220191818181819202019191918181920202019191919
Feels °C (?)202016181818181919191817181918171717161716181820
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