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Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 28 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
19.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 4AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101110101010101010101012121110101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)856363636463626059594140393878449586110118118155130183
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
20
NW
15
W
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
1.48
2:11PM
1.48
2:47AM
1.50
3:10PM
1.48
3:47AM
1.53
4:11PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
0.13
8:03AM
0.19
8:30PM
0.13
9:01AM
0.19
9:27PM
0.12
10:02AM
0.18
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:15----
Sunset-------8:25-------8:24-------8:23
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C181817181819202018171716212524242218171619191919
Feels °C (?)181816181819191817161615192322232016151416161718
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