Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 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
19.2° 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 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.1
NE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.1
S
1.5
S
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)999985886766775677776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)717068654751261626221921212262159252523236585104108
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.46
10:50PM
1.44
11:09AM
1.42
11:33PM
1.41
11:52AM
1.37
12:17AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
0.19
4:42PM
0.17
5:04AM
0.22
5:25PM
0.22
5:48AM
0.27
6:08PM
0.26
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1211------
Temp. °C151417202121171616151818181817171616161616161515
Feels °C (?)141316181819151214141716161614141212121212121212
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