Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 5AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)9999910101111101010109991010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)486861452718183129272725241515261831303030483049
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.47
6:32PM
1.41
6:53AM
1.47
7:21PM
1.43
7:40AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.20
12:22PM
0.18
12:42AM
0.20
1:11PM
0.17
1:32AM
0.20
1:57PM
0.16
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----7:20-------7:20-------7:22---
Sunset-------7:00-------7:00------6:58-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C151514141515151414131212131515151413131214161716
Feels °C (?)101110101110101011111010121313131211111013131312
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