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Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 Jan 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
19.8° 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: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)101010101212111010101010111111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42403938784495115110118118155130183183183180176135130370102102100
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
E
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
1.50
3:10PM
1.48
3:47AM
1.53
4:11PM
1.48
4:47AM
1.56
5:11PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
0.19
9:27PM
0.12
10:02AM
0.18
10:27PM
0.11
11:04AM
0.17
11:26PM
0.09
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:13-------6:15-------6:16------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:23-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161621252323221917171819191918171616202224242118
Feels °C (?)151419232122201814141617181817161515192021221916
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