Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 09 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 8PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.2
S
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)667776777776777777776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19192122238923252425254226405065605066746778130139
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
15
SSE
15
SE
5
S
15
SW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
1.42
11:33PM
1.41
11:52AM
1.37
12:17AM
1.38
12:36PM
1.33
1:03AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.22
5:48AM
0.27
6:08PM
0.26
6:33AM
0.31
6:51PM
0.30
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-------6:58--------7:00-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:35-------7:34----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----111----------------
Temp. °C181818181616161616161616151515151616171616161616
Feels °C (?)171616181413121212121212121212121313131314151616
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