Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 3PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)10109999668888655555101010666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)584441292121404123232222522420273639565658545681
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
15
SE
25
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
1.45
12:10AM
1.39
12:28PM
1.39
12:56AM
1.36
1:14PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.20
6:01PM
0.19
6:21AM
0.26
6:46PM
0.24
7:08AM
0.31
7:30PM
0.29
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:14-------8:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C181822222120181717181920202019181818192021201918
Feels °C (?)171722201819171717191919192019191919191819181818
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