Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
19.1° 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: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)9910101010101010101010109101045599999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152630313030313155303049484529284456646486161149218
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ENE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
1.43
7:40AM
1.46
8:07PM
1.45
8:26AM
1.45
8:51PM
1.46
9:10AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.17
1:32AM
0.20
1:57PM
0.16
2:20AM
0.20
2:42PM
0.17
3:06AM
0.21
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-
Sunset-7:00------6:58-------6:57-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514131313141717161514141415181917161515151619
Feels °C (?)131313111111131413131212121213151513131314141516
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