Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Pouawa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pouawa Beach sea temperature is
20.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 9PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Pouawa Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.2
ENE
0.7
E
0.8
E
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)10107910109996541445556666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14149121414814144841171919275211017026518482886938
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
S
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
1.34
1:53PM
1.36
2:25AM
1.32
2:41PM
1.32
3:14AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:24PM
0.21
7:43AM
0.30
8:10PM
0.26
8:32AM
0.35
8:56PM
0.30
9:21AM
0.38
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:56-------5:56--
Sunset-8:34-------8:34-------8:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C332925242422252119191817171818202120191918182225
Feels °C (?)292522202020241816181615151615161717191917172124
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