Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 13 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 3PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (13 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)109991414141413131313131212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6364433404061229101471461860049842141433430924419218914713412588886161
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise6:31-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset--5:43-------5:40-------5:39-----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192122201918171719212118161615141617191715141516
Feels °C (?)17192119181717161618181513131081011151512101011
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