Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 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
20.0° 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 8AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). An open ocean swell of 4.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
E
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.2
SE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)121211111010101011101312121111101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264285197135528053771459118668817021280990762580532421353282242221194148
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
1.55
7:43PM
1.46
8:07AM
1.54
8:33PM
1.47
8:55AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.13
1:38PM
0.13
1:55AM
0.13
2:27PM
0.12
2:45AM
0.13
3:14PM
0.12
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:52-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset-------7:44-------7:43-------7:40
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111--------------------
Temp. °C131313131314171614131312151718171615141417202120
Feels °C (?)455688121212111110141515141414121216181818
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