Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 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
20.0° 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 11PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 4.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)--
Afternoon (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1513121211111010101011101212121111101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)761832642851971355282535214591210209917131372990762580471404313276216186
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
1.55
7:43PM
1.46
8:07AM
1.54
8:33PM
1.47
8:55AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.13
1:38PM
0.13
1:55AM
0.13
2:27PM
0.12
2:45AM
0.13
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:54-------6:54--
Sunset-7:45-------7:44-------7:43------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111111------------------
Temp. °C131413131314131517161513121215171817161514141720
Feels °C (?)4545578912121311101014151514141413131618
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