Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 15 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 9AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 15). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (15 Feb)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)8910101111111111111010101010141313131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26226867896910861492166515101130900603514386325257341386424411379314309268209
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
45
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
30
WNW
35
NW
45
NW
45
WNW
45
NW
40
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
25
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
1.34
5:18PM
1.28
5:49AM
1.37
6:06PM
1.30
6:36AM
1.41
6:54PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
0.37
11:29PM
0.30
12:04PM
0.34
12:18AM
0.27
12:53PM
0.29
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise-6:33-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:06-------8:05--
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
41271---652--------------
Temp. °C171716151415141214141620212017151515192222211817
Feels °C (?)111087697355814161615121313161919201616
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