Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 10 Mar 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 12PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)777777777777777766777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23372525252624275051505166666610998139156193220240247408
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
1.37
12:17AM
1.38
12:36PM
1.33
1:03AM
1.35
1:22PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.27
6:08PM
0.26
6:33AM
0.31
6:51PM
0.30
7:18AM
0.35
7:36PM
0.34
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:58--------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:35-------7:34-------7:31--
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C161516161615151515151616161615151515171919181715
Feels °C (?)121012121212121212121313121313141414161615141514
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