Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
14.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 12AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thu
17
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
ESE
1.6
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.4
ESE
1.6
ESE
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)101111111312121212121212111111111212121212121212121111111111111111111111111111101010101010101010101010101010101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10081144120012031257104210239409149288368018217998888131089131215941647162914141556106313771279111870669868557264554546949655553349843437642444036840839239150274084073864859261673088411191113990964831
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
45
NNE
35
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscrossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
1.37
5:09AM
1.31
5:39PM
1.40
5:55AM
1.33
6:24PM
1.44
6:41AM
1.35
7:09PM
1.47
7:26AM
1.36
7:54PM
1.50
8:12AM
1.38
8:39PM
1.52
9:00AM
1.39
9:24PM
1.53
9:48AM
1.41
10:12PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.35
11:21AM
0.28
11:54PM
0.32
12:08PM
0.25
12:42AM
0.29
12:54PM
0.22
1:29AM
0.26
1:40PM
0.19
2:16AM
0.22
2:26PM
0.17
3:02AM
0.18
3:13PM
0.16
3:49AM
0.15
4:01PM
0.15
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thu
17
Sunrise------7:24-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:20-----
Sunset5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------5:02-------5:02-------5:04-------5:05---
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Rain (mm)
-------------------124--------------------------------------
Temp. °C1313121111101113141312111110111515151414151513151613121111111214141312121212121515131111109111516141413111011131412109
Feels °C (?)10111088881111101098781010976913912131098991012121091010101114131177757111311111076810121086
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