Point Annihilation surf break

Point Annihilation surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 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 2.1°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 2AM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (04 Dec)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (04 Dec)13ft (4.0m)12s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
S
4.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)956679101111121212121212111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7991113155811185230533830455046005051344629132476208915311256899698588432349294209
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
40
SW
15
WSW
30
WSW
45
SW
50
SW
50
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
ESE
20
NE
25
NE
15
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39PM
1.77
5:08AM
1.85
5:38PM
1.82
6:06AM
1.94
6:37PM
1.85
7:05AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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------
cloud
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-19112221-----------------
Temp. °C221515141413131616161514131417181918192121222728
Feels °C (?)22914964378101111111216161514161818182424
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