Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 13 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
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 7PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (13 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1.5
NE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
E
2.2
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)5666666677788910101111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7812916717813910317793939710318628338446011181080116415471236792486416331
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
NNE
5
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
50
SW
50
SW
55
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
1.26
4:10AM
1.31
4:28PM
1.26
5:00AM
1.34
5:18PM
1.28
5:49AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
0.40
9:51PM
0.35
10:22AM
0.39
10:40PM
0.33
11:14AM
0.37
11:29PM
0.30
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:35
Sunset---8:09-------8:08-------8:07----
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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cloud
Rain (mm)
--12-35212555815941--151-
Temp. °C222323222121202020201918181818171615151712131416
Feels °C (?)222121212123222223221815141310977711471012
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