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Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 20 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
20.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 5AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
5
ENE
Period(s) (?)888777888777877777789101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51949046847545640039738537535835235235734932032035545969814833051456775506284
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
45
NE
60
ENE
55
NE
50
NE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
1.32
7:54AM
1.44
8:10PM
1.34
8:37AM
1.47
8:55PM
1.35
9:19AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
0.24
2:13PM
0.28
2:23AM
0.22
2:58PM
0.24
3:07AM
0.20
3:42PM
0.21
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---6:03-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
111111--------112458111062
Temp. °C171717171718181818171717181818171717181717182021
Feels °C (?)13141413131414141413131314141513131313118101321
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