Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 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
20.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 8PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 02). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (02 Mar)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
SE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
3
SE
Period(s) (?)111010101010101010101513121211111010101013101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181716161515255050485518326828519713395595353176125824562610
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
1.44
6:25AM
1.55
6:51PM
1.45
7:18AM
1.55
7:43PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49AM
0.17
12:08AM
0.14
12:45PM
0.15
1:03AM
0.13
1:38PM
0.13
1:55AM
0.13
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54
Sunset---7:46-------7:45-------7:44----
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
112232344311111---------
Temp. °C121313131212121112121514131314141515161614121212
Feels °C (?)554434334365446689101211101010
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